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Employment Discrimination, Stewart J. Schwab
Employment Discrimination, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This article first parses the multiple overlapping definitions of discrimination, including distinctions between group and individual discrimination and between segregation and discrimination in pay. The article then summarizes the major economic models of discrimination, particularly Becker’s taste-for-discrimination model and statistical-discrimination models, as well as sorting the status-production models. The discussion focuses on the conditions under which markets will tend to eliminate discrimination, noting that this occurs in a more limited range of situations than commonly recognized. The article next surveys the economic role of anti-discrimination laws, evaluating arguments that the law speeds the journey to a non-discriminatory equilibrium and that …
Viva La Evolucion: Recognizing Unconscious Motive In Title Vii, Ann C. Mcginley
Viva La Evolucion: Recognizing Unconscious Motive In Title Vii, Ann C. Mcginley
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
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