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This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive … signaling, this paper shows that income inequality motivates discrimination against low-income group. It is parents' investment … on their children's signaling that interlinks inequality and discrimination and causes them to be inherited by future …
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Inequality in South Africa is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination. We use a dynamic perspective to show the … linkages between persistent effects of discrimination in the labour market and the efficacy of redistributive fiscal policy in …
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This paper investigates the distributional and efficiency consequences of an environmental tax reform, when the revenue from the green tax is recycled by varying labor tax rates. We build a general equilibrium model with imperfect heterogeneous labor markets, pollution consumption externalities,...
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This paper investigates the distributional and efficiency consequences of an environmental tax reform, when the revenue from the green tax is recycled by varying labor tax rates. We build a general equilibrium model with imperfect heterogeneous labor markets, pollution consumption externalities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011659367
We examine how within-group inequality, by influencing the group bias of state institutions such as the police and the judiciary, affects the cost-benefit calculus of individuals engaging in identity-assertive behaviour, that results in police complaints regarding hate crimes. We develop a...
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groups in many societies. Group-based discrimination, among other factors, contributes. The paper further explores empirical …
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We study allocation behavior when outcome inequality is inevitable but a fair process is feasible, as in selecting one person from several candidates for a job or award. We show that allocators may be influenced by inappropriate criteria, impeding the implementation of a fair process. We study...
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renewed attention to the argument that sexual orientation discrimination constitutes a form of sex discrimination. The … orientation discrimination and sex discrimination. By combating discrimination in employment, housing, and other civil rights …
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We examine how within-group inequality, by influencing the group bias of state institutions, affects the cost-benefit calculus of individuals engaging in identity-assertive behaviour, that results in police complaints regarding hate crimes. We develop a two-stage contest model of between-group...
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