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 …

We show that increasing the probability of obtaining a job offer through a network should raise the observed wages of …

consistent with a search-matching model in which employers statistically discriminate on the basis of race when hiring unemployed …The extent to which discrimination can explain racial wage gaps is one of the most divisive subjects in the social …, provides a lower bound on the extent of discrimination in the labor market. Taken at face value, our estimates imply that …

The NBA provides an intriguing place to test for taste-based discrimination: referees and players are involved in …

, unemployment, incarceration, health, and so on. This chapter contains three themes. First, relative to the 20th century, the … significance of discrimination as an explanation for racial inequality across economic and social indicators has declined. Racial …

patterns of selective migration, labor market trends including reduced discrimination and the decline of manufacturing …

This chapter surveys the theoretical literature on statistical discrimination and affirmative action. This literature …