%0 Journal Article %T Evidence of Discrimination Against Afrocolombians in the Colombian Labor Market in Major Cities in 2007 %A Andr¨¦s Herminsul Franco %A Jos¨¦ Santiago Arroyo Mina %A Leonardo Belalcazar Fern¨˘ndez %A Luis Felipe Pinz¨®n Guti¨¦rrez %J - %D 2015 %R https://doi.org/10.17230/ecos.2015.41.4 %X This paper evaluate the hypothesis that race is a determining factor in access to quality employment in Colombia during 2007. Using data from the Large Integrated Household Survey (2007-I), we estimate a generalized ordered logit model. The results provide evidence that individuals self-identified as Afrocolombian have a higher probability of being in a low quality job than other Colombians. This probability is higher by 1.9% in Cali, 3.4% in Bogot¨˘, 12.6% in Barranquilla, 1.8% in Cartagena, 1.1% in Medellin and 3.8% overall in these five cities, results that could indicate that there is racial discrimination against Afrocolombians in the Colombian labor market %U http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ecos-economia/article/view/3347