This paper offers a new theory of discrimination in the workplace. We consider a manager who has to assign two tasks to … employees expect to be favored. The manager, who has no taste for discrimination, discriminates in order to avoid demotivating …

discrimination in a competitive labor market caused by asymmetric information. The most important result obtained is when a group of … workers with different productivities earn the same wage characterizing discrimination …

The literature contains ambiguous findings as to whether statistical discrimination, e.g. in the form of racial … determined, statistical discrimination as well as taste-based discrimination lead to an increase in criminal activity. Moreover …, the negative effects of statistical discrimination on deterrence are more persistent than similar effects due to taste …

This paper models employers' preference for discrimination toward ex ante identical groups of workers when the workers … must compete for limited positions. Employers benefit from discrimination against minority workers because it can reduce …

explanation for this pattern, namely preference- and belief-free discrimination. In our setting, an employer can increase effort … discrimination between workers optimal …

explanation for this pattern, namely preference- and belief-free discrimination. In our setting, an employer can increase effort … discrimination between workers optimal. …

This paper studies a job-assignment model incorporating taste discrimination and statistical discrimination … simultaneously. We argue that when taste discrimination of some employers can affect the human capital investment behavior of a … particular group of workers, other employers without taste discrimination will take this effect into account when hiring …