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Abstract
Brazilian labor market data shows that some workers change reported race when changing employers. I use this variation in race to separate its effect from time-invariant factors, showing that reclassification is systematically associated with wages. I further show that race switching behavior is associated with migration. After controlling for other factors, workers who move out of a region are more likely to reclassify toward the majority race of the origin region, compared to those who remain within it, indicating that racial reclassification is likely driven by employer perceptions.