discrimination' on the basis of men's taste for distance from women in the same way differences between other groups in work and … housing have been explained. Rather, this paper constructs a 'pollution' theory model of discrimination in which new female …

of earnings differentials related to looks. These differentials are examined using the 1977 Quality of Employment, the … individuals' looks on their earnings is mostly independent of occupation …

eliminates gender differences and the response is shown only to be consistent with statistical discrimination. Our study secures …We examine gender differences in bargaining outcomes in a highly competitive and commonly used market: the taxi market …. These differentials are consistent with both statistical and taste-based discrimination. To identify the source of the …

In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India, we ran an exam … assigned child "characteristics" (age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to ensure that there is no … discrimination. Interestingly, we find that the discrimination against low caste students is driven by low caste teachers, while …

This paper reports on a small-scale audit study that investigates sex discrimination in restaurant hiring. Comparably … applications led to 54 interviews and 39 job offers. The results provide statistically significant evidence of sex discrimination … lower by about .4. These hiring patterns appear to have implications for sex differences in earnings, as informal survey …

Economic theories of discrimination are usually based on tastes. The huge body of empirical studies, however, considers … examines tastes for discrimination directly, or considers people's willingness to trade off other characteristics to indulge …

examining discrimination based on gender, age, sexual orientation, race, and disability. Using data from more than 3000 …Social scientists have presented evidence that suggests discrimination is ubiquitous: women, nonwhites, and the elderly … experiments across several market and agent types to examine the nature and extent of discrimination. Our exploration includes …

analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …