Discrimination, Nepotism, and Long-Run Wage Differentials

Matthew S. Goldberg

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1982, vol. 97, issue 2, 307-319

Abstract: The wage discrimination model developed by Becker has been criticized for predicting that competitive forces will lead to the disappearance of racial discrimination in the long run. We have reformulated the model in terms of nepotism toward white workers rather than discrimination against black workers. In this new framework, both nepotistic and taste-neutral firms are expected to survive the competitive struggle in the long run. Therefore, the new framework is consistent with long-run as well as short-run racial wage differentials.

Date: 1982
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