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Article: Skin Color and Salary: Lighter and Taller Equals a Bigger Paycheck for Immigrants.
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- January 25, 2007
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Byline: Vanderbilt University
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by a Vanderbilt University professor of law and economics found legal immigrants in the United States with a lighter skin tone made more money than those with darker skin.
Joni Hersch used data from 2,084 men and women who participated in the 2003 New Immigrant Survey. An interviewer reported the person's skin color using an11-point scale where 0 represented the absence of color and 10 represented the darkest possible skin color.
Even when taking into consideration characteristics that might affect wages, such as English language proficiency, work ...