Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run

Thanos Mergoupis, Shasikanta Nandeibam

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Abstract

In the presence of employer discrimination with variable labor supplies and variable discrimination preferences, the effects of changing population composition on wage levels cannot be signed a priori. The direction of the effects on wage levels depend on the signs and relative magnitudes of three effects: an aggregate market, a relative market, and a preference distribution effect.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)445-451
Number of pages7
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume122
Issue number3
Early online date5 Feb 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2014

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Keywords

  • population composition
  • wage discrimination
  • employment rates
  • discrimination preferences

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Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run. / Mergoupis, Thanos; Nandeibam, Shasikanta.

In: Economics Letters, Vol. 122, No. 3, 01.03.2014, p. 445-451.

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Mergoupis, T & Nandeibam, S 2014, 'Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run', Economics Letters, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.028
Mergoupis T, Nandeibam S. Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run. Economics Letters. 2014 Mar 1;122(3):445-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.028
Mergoupis, Thanos ; Nandeibam, Shasikanta. / Wage discrimination and population composition in the long run. In: Economics Letters. 2014 ; Vol. 122, No. 3. pp. 445-451.
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