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Pay disparity and ethnicity: evidence for Belize men
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posted on 2023-06-10, 05:44 authored by Annelle Bellony, Christine Clarke, Barry ReillyThis paper uses Labour Force Survey data from 2001 and 2005 to examine ethnic pay disparities in Belize. Empirical findings suggest that, the majority ethnic group, Mestizo, earned, on average, statistically less than the Creole, Garifuna and Mixed groups in both years. Most of the pay differential was attributable to endowment rather than treatment differentials. An important policy issue uncovered here relates to the labour market position of the minority Maya group. Our estimates suggest that this group's ceteris paribus disadvantage, relative to national average pay in Belize, widened from 18.2 percent below the average in 2001, to 27 percent below in 2005.
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Journal
Social and Economic StudiesISSN
0037-7651Publisher
Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic StudiesPublisher URL
Issue
2Volume
64Page range
29-58Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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- Yes