The Colour of Money: Earnings Differentials among Ethnic Groups in Canada

The literature on ethnically based earnings differentials in Canada has focused on differences either between whites and visible minorities or between particular ethnic groups. In this paper we examine both earnings differentials between whites and visible minorities, and earnings differentials within the white and visible-minority groupings. Among both men and women we nd substantial earnings differentials both between and within the white and visible-minority groupings. Differentials between whites and visible minorities suggest that the visible-minority category is a useful indicator of economic discrimination. Differentials within these groupings, however, suggest that it is only a rough indicator. La couleur de l’argent: differentiels de revenus entre groupes ethniques au Canada. Les travaux sur les differentiels de revenus entre groupes ethniques au Canada ont porte sur les differences soit entre les Blancs et les minorites visibles soit entre certains groupes ethniques particuliers. Dans ce memoire, les auteurs examinent a la fois les differentiels de gains entre Blancs et minorites visibles, et ceux a l’interieur des groupes de Blancs et de minorites visibles. Pour les hommes et les femmes, il existe des differentiels substantiels de gains a la fois entre les groupes de Blancs et de minorites visibles et a l’interieur de ces groupes.