The Measurement of Segregation in the Labor Force
Fluckiger, Yves; Silber, Jacques
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Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, 40 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: J; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 299.
When considering labor market inequality across different demographic groups in society, it is natural for most individuals to think of discrimination as the most likely explanation. Since the pioneering work of University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, there has been an abundance of both theoretical and empirical analysis on the issue of discrimination. What economists and other social scientists have learned is that the measurement of discrimination has proven to be far more challenging than anyone could have imagined. There is of course the technology of measurement that has to be addressed but there is also the ... Read more
When considering labor market inequality across different demographic groups in society, it is natural for most individuals to think of discrimination as the most likely explanation. Since the pioneering work of University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, there has been an abundance of both theoretical and empirical analysis on the issue of discrimination. What economists and other social scientists have learned is that the measurement of discrimination has proven to be far more challenging than anyone could have imagined. There is of course the technology of measurement that has to be addressed but there is also the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642470424
SKU
V9783642470424
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99-15
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