The cost of discrimination in Latin America

In: Studies in comparative international development, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 3-17

Abstract

Indigenous and linguistic minorities are in an inferior economic and social position. In this review, studies from six Latin American countries that estimate the costs to an individual of belonging to an economic minority are reviewed. The studies decompose the overall earnings gap into two components. One is the portion attributable to differences in the endowments of income-generating characteristics and the other is attributable to differences in the returns that majority and minority workers receive for the same endowment of income-generating characteristics. (DSE/DÜI)