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dc.titleRacial and Ethnic Inequality in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorTelles, Edward E.
dc.contributor.authorBailey, Stanley R.
dc.contributor.authorDavoudpour, Shahin
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Nicholas C.
dc.contributor.orgunitVice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2023-10-31T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2023-10-31T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractThis chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (IPUMS). Since censuses use inconsistent measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two additional measures from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP). Unlike censuses, LAPOP data offer a more consistent ethnoracial scheme across countries and a unique interviewer-rated skin color measure. Our study shows that black and indigenous populations and those with darker skin color experience educational, income, and occupational disadvantages, even after controlling for their social origins. However, inequality and hierarchical ordering of Afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, mestizos, whites, and others vary across countries. We include an extended examination of educational inequality in Brazil, the regions largest country. The chapter concludes with an exploration of public policy approaches to address black and indigenous disadvantage across Latin America while also highlighting the case of Brazil, where targeted antiracism policy is most advanced.
dc.format.extent90
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005238
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Racial-and-Ethnic-Inequality-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesLatin America and Caribbean Inequality Review
dc.subjectCensus
dc.subjectIndigenous People
dc.subjectRace
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectAfro-Descendants
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectRacial Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ18 - Public Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeI24 - Education and Inequality
dc.subject.jelcodeJ7 - Labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.keywordspublic policy;Economics of Minorities;Races;indigenous peoples;Immigrants;Education and Inequality;labor discrimination;Compensation;Labor Costs;Latin America and Caribbean;Socioeconomic inequality;race and ethnicity;antiracism policy
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01529
idb.operationRG-T3609
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