Evidence of Discrimination Against Afrocolombians in the Colombian Labor Market in Major Cities in 2007

This paper evaluate the hypothesis that race is a determining factor in access to quality employment in Colombia during 2007 -- Using data from the Large Integrated Household Survey (2007-I), we estimate a generalized ordered logit model -- The results provide evidence that individuals self-identified as Afrocolombian have a higher probability of being in a low quality job than other Colombians -- This probability is higher by 1.9% in Cali, 3.4% in Bogotá, 12.6% in Barranquilla, 1.8% in Cartagena, 1.1% in Medellin and 3.8% overall in these five cities, results that could indicate that there is racial discrimination against Afrocolombians in the Colombian labor market

• Autores: Arroyo Mina, José Santiago; Belalcazar Fernández, Leonardo; Pinzón Gutiérrez, Luis Felipe; Herminsul Franco, Andrés
• Fecha de publicación: 2015
• Institución: Universidad EAFIT
• Repositorio: Repositorio EAFIT
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/9164
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10784/9164
• Palabra clave: J15; J71; C25; R23; Modelo Logit; DISCRIMINACIÓN LABORAL; CALIDAD DE VIDA EN EL TRABAJO; DERECHO AL TRABAJO; NEGROS; Discrimination in employment; Quality of work life; Right to labor; Blacks
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