Theories of statistical discrimination and affirmative action
Subtitle: a survey
By: Hanming Fang, Andrea Moro
Contributors: Moro, Andrea; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15860; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15860.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This chapter surveys the theoretical literature on statistical discrimination and affirmative action.  This literature suggests different explanations for the existence and persistence of group inequality.  This survey highlights such differences and describes in these contexts the effects of color-sighted and color-blind affirmative action policies, and the efficiency implications of discriminatory outcomes"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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