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Gary Becker’s Contribution to the Analysis of Discrimination

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Becker analyzes racial discrimination given its existence; as we know from his 1977 paper with George Stigler, “De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum,†Becker felt that the determination of preferences was to be taken as given, at least from the standpoint of conducting neoclassical economic analysis. One of the ingredients of this research is the distribution of racial animus in the populations of employers, employees, and customers. The most interesting and memorable feature of the analysis is the examination of equilibrium racial wage and employment outcomes when there are “tastes†for discrimination of various kinds and labor and product markets vary in their degree of competitiveness.

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  • Christopher J. FLINN, 2015. "Gary Becker’s Contribution to the Analysis of Discrimination," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 81(1), pages 45-50, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ctl:louvde:v:81:y:2015:i:1:p:45-50
    DOI: 10.1017/dem.2014.5
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    1. Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich, 2017. "The African origins of Euro-American development: Pins on an empirical roadmap," MPRA Paper 79925, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Eva Zschirnt, 2020. "Evidence of Hiring Discrimination Against the Second Generation: Results from a Correspondence Test in the Swiss Labour Market," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 563-585, June.

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