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The Economics of Discrimination Thirty Years Later: Economists Enter the Courtroom

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  • Orley Ashenfelter

    (Princeton University)

  • Ronald Oaxaca

    (University of Arizona)

Abstract
Although The Economics of Discrimination has left a large schol legacy. we believe the empirical methods associated with the study of and sex discrimination have had a still larger impact on practical mat Our purpose in this paper is to give some small insight into how this scholarly literature has ended up as a major factor in the litigation many civil disputes where race and sex discrimination are alleged.

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  • Orley Ashenfelter & Ronald Oaxaca, 1987. "The Economics of Discrimination Thirty Years Later: Economists Enter the Courtroom," Working Papers 596, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
    • Handle: RePEc:pri:indrel:216
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    1. Joanna Tyrowicz & Lucas van der Velde, 2017. "When the opportunity knocks: large structural shocks and gender wage gaps," GRAPE Working Papers 2, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
    2. Galvis-Aponte, Luis Armando, 2011. "Diferenciales salariales por género y región en Colombia : una aproximación con regresión por cuantiles," Chapters, in: Bonilla-Mejía, Leonardo (ed.), Dimensión regional de las desigualdades en Colombia, chapter 6, pages 209-252, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
    3. Mirna Safi & Patrick Simon, 2013. "Les discriminations ethniques et raciales dans l'enquête Trajectoires et Origines : représentations, expériences subjectives et situations vécues," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 464(1), pages 245-275.
    4. Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf & Zweimuller, Josef, 1997. "Unequal Assignment and Unequal Promotion in Job Ladders," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 15(1), pages 43-71, January.
    5. Della Giusta, Marina & Bosworth, Steven J., 2020. "Bias and Discrimination: What Do We Know?," IZA Discussion Papers 13983, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Tudorel ANDREI & Bogdan OANCEA & Andreea MIRICA, 2017. "Action against Income Discrimination. Case Study: Roma Minority in Romania," ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH, Faculty of Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics, vol. 51(4), pages 19-36.
    7. Joanna Tyrowicz & Lucas Augusto van der Velde, 2021. "When Opportunity Knocks: Confronting Theory and Empirics About Dynamics of Gender Wage Inequality," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 155(3), pages 837-864, June.
    8. Mª Genoveva Dancausa Millán & Mª Genoveva Millán Vázquez de la Torre & Ricardo Hernández Rojas & Juan Antonio Jimber del Río, 2021. "The Spanish Labor Market: A Gender Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-22, March.

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    Keywords

    discrimination; litigation;

    JEL classification:

    • D52 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Incomplete Markets

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