Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Subject "Human skin color -- Economic aspects"

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    • Profiling the New Immigrant Worker: The Effects of Skin Color and Height 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Journal of Labor Economics, 2008)
      Using data from the New Immigrant Survey 2003, this paper shows that skin color and height affect wages among new lawful immigrants to the U.S. controlling for education, English language proficiency, occupation in source ...
    • Skin Color Discrimination and Immigrant Pay 
      Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Emory Law Journalwww.law.emory.edu/elj, 2008)
      In "Profiling the New Immigrant Worker: The Effects of Skin Color and Height," (Journal of Labor Economics 2008), I present strong evidence of a wage penalty to darker skin color among new legal immigrants to the United ...