Labor Economics

  1. Labor Market Discrimination
    1. Measuring Discrimination
      1. Wage Gap Analysis
        1. Gender Wage Gap
          1. Racial and Ethnic Wage Gaps
            1. Age Discrimination
            2. Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition
              1. Explained vs. Unexplained Components
                1. Methodological Issues
              2. Theories of Discrimination
                1. Taste-Based Discrimination
                  1. Employer Discrimination
                    1. Employee Discrimination
                      1. Customer Discrimination
                        1. Market Forces and Discrimination
                        2. Statistical Discrimination
                          1. Use of Group Averages
                            1. Implications for Hiring and Wages
                              1. Rational vs. Irrational Discrimination
                            2. Market Outcomes of Discrimination
                              1. Wage Differentials
                                1. Occupational Segregation
                                  1. Index of Segregation
                                    1. Glass Ceiling Effects
                                    2. Long-Term Economic Effects
                                    3. Anti-Discrimination Policies
                                      1. Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
                                        1. Affirmative Action
                                          1. Effectiveness of Policies

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