This paper provides a simple explanation for why some minority groups are economically successful, despite being subject to government-mandated discriminatory policies. We study an economy with private and public sectors in which workers invest in imperfectly observable skills that are important to the private sector but not to the public sector.
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Length: 25 pages Date of creation: 2001 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:fth:iniesr:562
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