Twice as Hard to Get Half as Far? Differences in Sheepskin Effects between Afro-Colombian and Non-Afro-Colombian Women

Autor/inn/en	Zuluaga, Blanca; Ortiz, Marianella; Vergara-Figueroa, Aurora
Titel	Twice as Hard to Get Half as Far? Differences in Sheepskin Effects between Afro-Colombian and Non-Afro-Colombian Women
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 96 (2021) 2, S.166-176 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zuluaga, Blanca) ORCID (Ortiz, Marianella) ORCID (Vergara-Figueroa, Aurora)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2021.1905352
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Blacks; Females; Racial Bias; Gender Bias; College Graduates; High School Graduates; Academic Degrees; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Wages; Educational Attainment; Undergraduate Study; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Black person; Schwarzer; Weibliches Geschlecht; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Geschlechterstereotyp; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Wage; Löhne; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Grundstudium; Kolumbien
Abstract	This article explores Belman and Heywood's sheepskin effect hypothesis using a modified Mincerian wage equation to test the sheepskin effect of returns on education in Colombia. This analysis is based on the 2014 Living Standards Survey from the National Department of Statistics. It includes variables that capture the possession of different levels of qualifications. A test for whether Afro-Colombian women obtain larger returns for signals of high productivity (e.g., a university degree) and lower returns for signals of low productivity (e.g., a secondary school diploma), compared to the non-Afro-Colombian women in the sample, found differential sheepskin effects. Afro-Colombian women in this sample received lower returns for low productivity signals (high school diplomas) than their counterparts do. In contrast, returns on higher levels of education (graduate studies) are higher for Afro-Colombian women than for the other analyzed group. Hence, the results suggest that Afro-Colombian women, as the saying goes, need to work twice as hard to get half as far. They need to rush to achieve higher levels of education, amidst severe hardship, to overcome the existing differences in the returns on education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01