Product Details
Book: Handbook On The Economics Of Discrimination
Author: William M. Rodgers Iii
ISBN:1840649151
ISBN-13:9781840649154,978-1840649154
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 2006
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Number of Pages: 328

Product Description
Discrimination’s dynamic nature means that no single theory, method,data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, orremedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain activeareas of debate among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. Thespecially commissioned papers in this volume, all by distinguishedcontributors, present the full range of issues related to this complexand challenging problem. Part1 explores innovations in methods and data collection that help toprovide richer descriptions of inequality. Part 2 reviews empiricalevidence on discrimination that people with disabilities, older workersand gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals face. Although discriminationamong these groups is not new, this Handbook shows that economists arebeginning to more fully document their experiences. Part 3 presents abalanced discussion of anti-discrimination policies and the impact ofaffirmative action. The methods and data chapters are particularlydesigned to encourage researchers to utilize the new approaches anddevelop new data sources.
Accessible and comprehensive, theHandbook is the seminal reference on the economics of discriminationfor academic and professional economists, graduate students, advancedundergraduates, practitioners, policymakers, and funders of socialscience research.

About the Author
Edited by William M. Rodgers III, Professor of Public Policy, Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Chief Economist,John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University

Contents
Introduction 1
William M. Rodgers III
PART I NEW METHODS
1 A primer on wage gap decompositions in the analysis of labor market discrimination 11
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
2 Using matched employer–employee data to study labor market discrimination 29
Judith K. Hellerstein and David Neumark
3 Learning about discrimination by talking to employers 61
Philip Moss and Chris Tilly
4 Discrimination: experimental evidence from psychology and economics 97
Lisa R. Anderson, Roland G. Fryer and Charles A. Holt
PART 2 BEYOND RACE AND GENDER
5 A critical review of studies of discrimination against workers with disabilities 119
Marjorie L. Baldwin and William G. Johnson
6 Discrimination based on sexual orientation: a review of the literature in economics and beyond 161
M.V. Lee Badgett
7 Age discrimination in US labor markets: a review of the evidence 187
Scott J. Adams and David Neumark
PART III POLICY IMPACTS
8 Discrimination in the credit and housing markets: findings and challenges 215
Gary A. Dymski
9 Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action 260
Harry J. Holzer and David Neumark
Concluding thoughts 288
William M. Rodgers III
Index 291