A Research Note on the Cost of Not Being White in Brazil

This research note revisits the theme of the cost of not being white in Brazil. Based on 1996 National Household Survey data, the results point out to still sizeable and significant monetary disadvantages suffered by nonwhites in the Brazilian labor market.

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Published inStudies in comparative international development Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 18 - 27
Main Author Valle Silva, Nelson do
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Brunswick, N.J.etc Transaction Publishers, Inc 01.07.2000
s.n.;Distributed by Transaction Periodicals Consortium
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Brazil
Census of Population
Demographic aspects
Demographic surveys
Discrimination
Economic aspects
Economic impact
Employment discrimination
Estimates
Ethnic Groups
Evaluation
Households
Human Capital
Income inequalities
Income Inequality
Labor Market
Labour market
Metropolitan areas
Race
Racial Differences
Racial inequalities
Racism
Rates of return
Rural areas
Sex discrimination
Socioeconomic development
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical analysis
Statistical hypothesis testing
Studies
Variables
Wage differentials
Wages
Whites
Brazil
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Summary:This research note revisits the theme of the cost of not being white in Brazil. Based on 1996 National Household Survey data, the results point out to still sizeable and significant monetary disadvantages suffered by nonwhites in the Brazilian labor market.
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ISSN:0039-3606
1936-6167
DOI:10.1007/bf02687468