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Essays on the economics of discrimination
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Collection of essays examining labour market discrimination, the impact of laws and policies, the treatment of children compared to the elderly, discrimination within the family, the economic under...
Collection of essays examining labour market discrimination, the impact of laws and policies, the treatment of children compared to the elderly, discrimination within the family, the economic underclass, and the treatment of minority members of society.
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- Creator
- Emily P. Hoffman, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1991
- Physical Details
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- 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0880991127, 9780880991124, 0880991119, 9780880991117
- OCLC
- ocm23766146
- "Papers ... originally presented during the 1989-1990 academic year as the 26th annual Public lecture series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University"--Ackn.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Discrimination in labor markets / Edward P. Lazear -- Discrimination within the family : the treatment of daughters and sons / Paul J. Taubman -- The deteriorating economic circumstances of children / Barbara L. Wolfe -- Underclass and overclass : race, class, and economic inequality in the managerial age / Willim A. Darity, Jr. -- The federal anti-bias effort / Jonathan S. Leonard -- The uses and limits of statistical analysis in measuring economic discrimination / Glen G. Cain -- Occupational segregation and the earnings gap / Marianne A. Ferber, Carole A. Green