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

• Main Authors: José Santiago Arroyo Mina, Leonardo Belalcazar Fernández, Luis Felipe Pinzón Gutiérrez, Andrés Herminsul Franco
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad EAFIT 2015-12-01
• Series: Ecos de Economía
• Subjects: Labor discrimination; race; job quality; logit models
• Online Access: http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ecos-economia/article/view/3347

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.