Employment Discrimination - Neoclassical Explanations For Discrimination

Neoclassical Explanations For Discrimination

Neoclassical labor economists explain the existence and persistence of discrimination based on tastes for discrimination and statistical discrimination theories. While overcrowding model moves away from neoclassical theory, the institutional models are non-neoclassical.

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