This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and … imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the presence of taste-based discrimination and of other firm-level mechanisms … significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …

Understanding what motivates discrimination is of importance to economists and social scientists in general. In this … socially appropriate. The theoretical work of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005) suggests discrimination will also be stronger … discrimination can help reduce discriminatory behaviour. …