Incorporating Affirmative Action into the Welfare State

Tomer Blumkin, Yoram Margalioth and Efraim Sadka

No 275709, Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers from Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: In this paper, we discuss a novel aspect of affirmative action policy. We examine its redistributive role, asking whether in an egalitarian society, supplementing the tax-transfer system with an affirmative action policy would enhance social welfare. We demonstrate that affirmative action could be a desirable policy tool even if racial discrimination does not exist in the labor market.

Keywords: Financial Economics; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2008-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.275709

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