Colorism Revisited: The Effects of Skin Color on Ed-ucational and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States

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dc.article.number43
dc.contributor.authorBucca, Mauricio
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T08:00:17Z
dc.date.available2024-08-01T08:00:17Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractStudies of colorism-the idea that racial hierarchies coexist with gradational inequalities based on skin color-consistently find that darker skin correlates with lower socioeconomic outcomes. Despite the causal nature of this debate, evidence remains predominantly associational. This study revisits the colorism literature by proposing a causal model underlying these theories. It discusses conditions under which associations may reflect contemporary causal effects of skin color and evaluates strategies for identifying these effects. Using data from the AddHealth and NLSY97 surveys and applying two identification strategies, the study estimates the causal effects of skin color on college degree attainment, personal earnings, and family income among White, Black, and Hispanic populations in the United States. Results show that darker skin correlates with poorer educational and economic outcomes within racial groups. However, evidence of contemporary causal effects of skin color is partial, limited to college attainment of Whites and family income of Hispanics. For Blacks, results suggest a generalized penalty associated with being Black rather than gradation based on skin tone. Methodologically, the article advocates using sensitivity analyses to account for unobserved confounders in models for skin color effects and uses sibling fixed -effects as a secondary complementary strategy.
dc.description.funderFONDECYT Iniciacin grant
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-08-30
dc.format.extent21 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.15195/v11.a19
dc.identifier.eissn2330-6696
dc.identifier.issn2378-0231
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85191324861
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15195/v11.a19
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87244
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001243782400001
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Sociales; Bucca Olea, Mauricio Esteban; S/I; 133836
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido completo
dc.pagina.final552
dc.pagina.inicio517
dc.revistaSOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectcolorism
dc.subjectskin color
dc.subjectrace
dc.subjectinequality
dc.subjectcausal effects
dc.subject.ddc320
dc.subject.deweyCiencias políticases_ES
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.titleColorism Revisited: The Effects of Skin Color on Ed-ucational and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen11
sipa.codpersvinculados133836
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadCarga WOS-SCOPUS;01-08-2024
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