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Ecos de Economía

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ARROYO MINA, José Santiago; BELALCAZAR FERNANDEZ, Leonardo; PINZON GUTIERREZ, Luis Felipe  and  HERMINSUL FRANCO, Andrés. Evidence of Discrimination Against Afrocolombians in the Colombian Labor Market in Major Cities in 2007. ecos.econ. [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.41, pp.71-107. ISSN 1657-4206.  https://doi.org/10.17230/ecos.2015.41.4.

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.

Keywords : Labor discrimination; race; job quality; logit models.

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