Immigrant experience: the relation between skin color and pay

Joni Hersch

Communities and Banking, 2009, issue Spr, 18-19

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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