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Social Mobility in Nuevo Leon: A Skin Tone Discrimination Approach

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  • Clarissa Gallegos Camarena

    (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon)

  • Adylene Mercedes Castillo Lopez

    (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon)

Abstract

This study examines the importance of social mobility in Nuevo Leon for two groups with different skin tones, aiming to identify differences between them through a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition model that allows for the breakdown of observed differences into explanatory and non-explanatory characteristics. The main results reveal greater mobility for dark-skinned individuals, as they benefit more from a social trend. However, light-skinned individuals are more favored by explanatory variables, such as employment, indicating a strong inertia suggesting that discrimination does not appear to be a predominant factor limiting mobility, offering a new methodological perspective to address this issue.

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  • Clarissa Gallegos Camarena & Adylene Mercedes Castillo Lopez, 2025. "Social Mobility in Nuevo Leon: A Skin Tone Discrimination Approach," Sobre México. Revista de Economía, Sobre México. Temas en economía, vol. 1(11), pages 5-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:smx:journl:11:5:25
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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