The Economics of Discrimination

Fülszöveg

This second édition of Gary S. Becker's The Economies 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 économie effects of discrimination in the market place because of race, religion, sex, color, social class, personality, or other non-pecuniary considérations. 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 édition of The Economies of Discrimination was warmly received by economists, sociologists, and psychologists alike for focus-ing the discerning eye of économie analysis upon a vital social problem —discrimination in the market place.
"This is an unusual book; not only is it fi lied with ingenious theorizing but the implications of the theory are boldly... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This second édition of Gary S. Becker's The Economies 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 économie effects of discrimination in the market place because of race, religion, sex, color, social class, personality, or other non-pecuniary considérations. 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 édition of The Economies of Discrimination was warmly received by economists, sociologists, and psychologists alike for focus-ing the discerning eye of économie analysis upon a vital social problem —discrimination in the market place.
"This is an unusual book; not only is it fi lied with ingenious theorizing but the implications of the theory are boldly confronted with facts The intimate relation of theory and observation has resulted in a book of great vitality on a subject whose interest and importance are obvious." —M. W. Reder, American Economie 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 Vissza