The colour-blind approach to discrimination and inequality: the case of France
讨论了法国色盲数据收集方法的争议，利用轨迹与起源调查提出一个衡量个体异质性的新指数，并发现该指数与劳动力市场惩罚相关，进而评估父母出生地信息是否足以衡量人口多样性。
Abstract The colour-blind approach to data collection has long been debated. The lack of ethno-racial information in surveys and administrative data impedes researchers from studying the level of inequality and discrimination against minorities. As an alternative to ethno-racial information, the use of factual information such as parents’ place of birth has been proposed. In this paper, we discuss the colour-blind approach in France and review the evidence of discrimination based on origins. Using the Trajectories and Origins survey, we propose a novel index capturing the degree of individuals’ alterity, and we present evidence that it is associated with a penalty in the labour market. Exploiting this index, we further investigate whether information on parents’ place of birth is valuable and adequate to measure population diversity.