Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run

Thanos Mergoupis () and Shasikanta Nandeibam

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 3, 445-451

Abstract: We derive the conditions that sign the effects of changing population composition on wage levels and ratios, when labor supply and discrimination preferences vary. The overall effect depends on an aggregate market, a relative market, and a preference distribution effect.

Keywords: Population composition; Wage discrimination; Employment rates; Discrimination preferences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.028

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