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Economic Models of Discrimination

In: Sex Discrimination in the Labour Market

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  • Brian Chiplin
  • Peter J. Sloane

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Most of the economic models of discrimination have been primarily directed towards racial discrimination though it is acknowledged either explicitly or implicitly that they are also applicable to sex discrimination. However, there are important differences between race and sex, particularly on the supply side, and the application of models of racial discrimination to sex must be handled with considerable caution. Whilst it is true that there is a substantial area of overlap, it must not be assumed that predictions relating to race automatically apply to sex. For instance, in his survey of the economics of racial discrimination, Ray Marshall suggests that a major shortcoming of neoclassical theory is the implication that equally qualified blacks and whites doing identical jobs in the same firms are paid different wages.1 This he regards as unrealistic and yet it is precisely what has happened to some of the female population.

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  • Brian Chiplin & Peter J. Sloane, 1976. "Economic Models of Discrimination," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Sex Discrimination in the Labour Market, chapter 4, pages 49-72, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-02784-2_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-02784-2_4
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