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¿Discriminación laboral o capital humano? Determinantes del ingreso laboral de los afrocartageneros

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En este trabajo se cuantifican las diferencias en el ingreso laboral para los cartageneros de 2004 con la metodología Blinder-Oaxaca. Estas desigualdades, que eran de esperarse en una ciudad que vivió un proceso intenso de segregación racial, y que fue durante la colonia uno de los principales puertos de trata de esclavos en el Caribe, se descomponen según dos causas. La primera corresponde a las desigualdades en el ingreso relativo que responden a las dotaciones, esto es porque los afrocartageneros poseen menos capital humano que el resto de la población; la diferencia en dotaciones que no siempre es significativa, en términos estadísticos, sí es sustancial, en términos económicos y puede estar asociada a la exclusión que durante siglos afectó a los esclavos y a sus descendientes. La segunda, que es la menos preponderante, es la que, conceptualmente, está más próxima a la idea de discriminación en el sentido económico, y opera por la desigualdad en la remuneración a los factores vía los precios relativos.

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  • Julio Romero, 2007. "¿Discriminación laboral o capital humano? Determinantes del ingreso laboral de los afrocartageneros," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 98, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:98
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.98
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    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General

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