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dc.contributor.author | Bodvarsson, Örn B. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Sessions, John G. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-10-14 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-07T11:55:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-07T11:55:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081114118 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35668 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The traditional model of taste discrimination in labor markets presumes perfect substitution, making it unsuitable for the measurement of discrimination across job assignments. We extend the model to explain cross-assignment discrimination and test it on data from Major League Baseball. A competitive firm with a Generalized Leontief production function fills each job assignment with whites and nonwhites in an environment of customer prejudice. According to the model, cross-assignment discrimination depends upon racial productivity differences, the productivity x prejudice interaction, technology, relative labor supply and racial integration. We find strong evidence of ceteris paribus racial salary differences between hitters and pitchers. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x3748 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J7 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Wages | en |
dc.subject.keyword | discrimination | en |
dc.subject.keyword | imperfect substitutability | en |
dc.subject.keyword | integration | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lohndifferenzierung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Ethnische Diskriminierung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Anforderungsprofil | en |
dc.subject.stw | Messung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Theorie | en |
dc.subject.stw | Professioneller Sport | en |
dc.subject.stw | USA | en |
dc.title | The measurement of racial discrimination in pay between job categories: theory and test | - |
dc.type | |aWorking Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 58179673X | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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