The colour-blind approach to discrimination and inequality: the case of France

Yajna Govind and Paolo Santini
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Yajna Govind: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]
Paolo Santini: CBS - Copenhagen Business School [Copenhagen]

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Abstract: The colour-blind approach to data collection has long been debated. The lack of ethno-racial information in surveys and administrative data impedes researchers from studying the level of inequality and discrimination against minorities. As an alternative to ethno-racial information, the use of factual information such as parents' place of birth has been proposed. In this paper, we discuss the colour-blind approach in France and review the evidence of discrimination based on origins. Using the Trajectories and Origins survey, we propose a novel index capturing the degree of individuals' alterity, and we present evidence that it is associated with a penalty in the labour market. Exploiting this index, we further investigate whether information on parents' place of birth is valuable and adequate to measure population diversity.

Date: 2024-11
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Published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2024, 40 (3), pp.592-605. ⟨10.1093/oxrep/grae036⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grae036

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