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Economics of Discrimination, The Second Edition


Economics of Discrimination, The Second Edition

Paperback by Becker, Gary S.

Economics of Discrimination, The

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ISBN:
9780226041162
Publication Date:
15 Aug 1971
Edition/language:
Second Edition / English
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:
University of Chicago Press
Pages:
178 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 23 Apr 2024
Economics of Discrimination, The

Description

This second edition of Gary S. Becker's The Economics of Discrimination has been expanded to include three further discussions of the problem and an entirely new introduction which considers the contributions made by others in recent years and some of the more important problems remaining. Mr. Becker's work confronts the economic effects of discrimination in the market place because of race, religion, sex, color, social class, personality, or other non-pecuniary considerations. He demonstrates that discrimination in the market place by any group reduces their own real incomes as well as those of the minority. The original edition of The Economics of Discrimination was warmly received by economists, sociologists, and psychologists alike for focusing the discerning eye of economic analysis upon a vital social problem-discrimination in the market place. "This is an unusual book; not only is it filled with ingenious theorizing but the implications of the theory are boldly confronted with facts. . . . The intimate relation of the theory and observation has resulted in a book of great vitality on a subject whose interest and importance are obvious."-M.W. Reder, American Economic Review "The author's solution to the problem of measuring the motive behind actual discrimination is something of a tour de force. . . . Sociologists in the field of race relations will wish to read this book."-Karl Schuessler, American Sociological Review

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