The divide-and-conquer and employer/employee models of discrimination: neoclassical competition as a familial defect

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The divide-and-conquer and employer/employee models of discrimination: neoclassical competition as a familial defect

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Mason, Patrick L.

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Patrick Leon Mason

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This article is an examination of the similarities between Michael Reich’s divide-and-conquer model of discrimination and the Becker-Arrow taste model of discrimination. It shows that Reich’s model of discrimination is analytically identical to Arrow’s employer discrimination model when employer utility is a function of total profits and the racial employment ratio. It also shows that the Becker-Arrow distinction between employer and employee discrimination is invalid. Finally, the author argues that neoclassical competition is the major defect of both models. After discussing the implications of these results the article points to new directions in the literature on the economics of discrimination.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 11333.

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Date of creation: 1992
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Publication status: Published in The divide-and-conquer and employer/employee models of discrimination: neoclassical competition as a familial defect 4.20(1992): pp. 73-89
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- Patrick Mason, 1992. "The divide-and-conquer and employer/ employee models of discrimination: Neoclassical competition as a familial defect," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 73-89, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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Mason, Patrick L., 1993. "Variable labor effort, involuntary unemployment, and effective demand," MPRA Paper 11331, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

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