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L’économie des discriminations : conquête impérialiste ou contribution à la théorie des prix?

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Becker’s Ph.D. thesis on discrimination is commonly viewed as an expression of economics imperialism. This paper questionned the imperialist nature of the study of discrimination in economics, using Becker’s work as a turning point in history of economics. Debates on wage inequalities and discrimination occured in economics before Becker’s work and are central to the discipline (section 1). Becker’s model is more a contribution to the development of “analytical economics” than an explanation of discrimination – essentially because it aims at studying the economic consequences of discrimination (section 2). Statistical discrimination theories – built to oppose Becker’s model – are more representative of economics imperialism because their objective is to explain causes of the discrimination phenomenon.

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  • Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Cléo, 2013. "L’économie des discriminations : conquête impérialiste ou contribution à la théorie des prix?," OEconomia, Editions NecPlus, vol. 2013(01), pages 87-118, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nec:oecono:v:2013:y:2013:i:01:p:87-118_01
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    1. Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, 2015. "Crossing Boundaries, Displacing Previous Knowledge and Claiming Superiority: Is the Economics of Discrimination a Conquest of Economics Imperialism?," STOREPapers 5_2015, Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Economia Politica - StorEP.

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