Publications [#289189] of William A. Darity

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Journal Articles

  1. Goldsmith, AH; Hamilton, D; Darity Jr, WA. "From Dark to Light: Skin Color and Wages Among African Americans." Journal of Human Resources 42.4 (Fall, 2007): 701-738.
    (last updated on 2024/04/23)

    Abstract:
    This paper develops and tests a theory, referred to as "preference for whiteness," which predicts that the interracial (white-black) and intraracial wage gap widens as the skin shade of the black worker darkens. Using data drawn from the Multi City Study of Urban Inequality and the National Survey of Black Americans, we report evidence largely consistent with the theory. Moreover, we decompose the estimated interracial and intraracial wage gaps, and find that favorable treatment of lighter-skinned workers is a major source of interracial and intraracial wage differences as predicted by the theory. © 2007 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

William A. Darity