On the Blurring of the Color Line: Wages and Employment for Black Males of Different Skin Tones
研究肤色深浅对黑人男性工资和就业的影响，发现浅肤色黑人工资优势随工作经验扩大，而浅肤色与白人差距不变，表明肤色界限模糊带来细微但持续的工资差异。
We evaluate the role skin color plays in earnings and employment for black males in the NLSY97. By applying a novel, scaled measure of skin tone to a nationally representative sample and by estimating the evolution of labor market differentials over time, we bridge a burgeoning literature on skin color with more established literatures on wage differentials and labor market discrimination. We find that while intraracial wage gaps widen with experience, gaps between the lightest-skinned black workers and whites remain constant, suggesting that a blurring of the color line elicits subtle yet meaningful variation in earnings differentials over time. © 2015 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology