, that frictions (sand-in-the-wheels) may decrease unemployment and that the equilibrium is determined by two simple …

Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race …, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter …

statistical discrimination. We adapt this theoretical characterization to develop a novel empirical test, the rejection of which … we interpret as evidence of taste-based discrimination. In doing so, we provide a theoretical foundation via which the …-based discrimination. We provide a proof of concept application using Census and NLSY-79 data, which suggests taste-based discrimination at …

We review theories of race discrimination in the labor market. Taste-based models can generate wage and unemployment … existing model explains the unemployment rate differential. Models of statistical discrimination based on differential … employment and unemployment. At their current state of development, models of statistical discrimination based on rational …