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Immigrant experience: the relation between skin color and pay


Abstract: There is considerable evidence of discriminatory treatment of immigrants in employment and access to housing, and the author?s research suggests that factors such as height and darkness of skin may influence how immigrants are treated.

Keywords: Discrimination in employment; Immigrants; Discrimination in housing;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Part of Series: Communities and Banking

Publication Date: 2009

Issue: Spr

Pages: 18-19