THE COLOR OF MONEY - EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS AMONG ETHNIC-GROUPS IN CANADA

The literature on ethnically based earnings differentials in Canada ha s focused on differences either between whites and visible minorities or between particular ethnic groups. In this paper we examine both ear nings differentials between whites and visible minorities, and earning s differentials within the white and visible-minority groupings. Among both men and women we find substantial earnings differentials both be tween and within the white and visible-minority groupings. Differentia ls between whites and visible minorities suggest that the visible-mino rity category is a useful indicator of economic discrimination. Differ entials within these groupings, however, suggest that it is only a rou gh indicator.