Economic Pluralism in the Study of Wage Discrimination: A Note

Nick Drydakis

No 176, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: Economic pluralism proposes that economists and social planners should consider alternative theories to establish a range of policy actions. Neoclassical, Feminist and Marxian theories evaluate well-grounded causes of wage discrimination. Racist attitudes, uncertainties regarding minority workers’ productivity and power relations in lower-status sectors might generate discriminatory wages. Each cause deserves corresponding policy action. Given pluralism, wage discrimination might be reduced by implementing equality campaigns, creating low-cost tests to predict workers’ productivity and abolishing power relations towards minority workers. Pluralism might be jeopardised if there is a limited desire to engage with less-dominant theoretical frameworks. Also, pluralism might be misled with rejection of dominant theories.

Keywords: Economic Pluralism; Schools of economic thought; Wages; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 B5 B54 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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