The Economics of Discrimination Thirty Years Later: Economists Enter the Courtroom

Orley Ashenfelter and Ronald Oaxaca

No 596, Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: Although The Economics of Discrimination has left a large schol legacy. we believe the empirical methods associated with the study of and sex discrimination have had a still larger impact on practical mat Our purpose in this paper is to give some small insight into how this scholarly literature has ended up as a major factor in the litigation many civil disputes where race and sex discrimination are alleged.

Keywords: discrimination; litigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987-01
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