Unequal Treatment (Routledge Revivals): A Study in the Neo-Classical Theory of Discrimination

by Mats Lundahl, Eskil Wadensjo

Overview

This book, written by two leading Swedish economists and first published in 1984, constitutes a threefold contribution to the expanding field of economic discrimination. This is a fascinating title that will be of value to any economics students researching the development of discrimination theory during the twentieth-century in particular.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138818859
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/22/2014
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Pages:	328
Sales rank:	672,938
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mats Lundahl, Eskil Wadensjo

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction 2. Economic Theories of Discrimination 3. The Beckerian Approach to Discrimination 4. The Pecuniary Becker Model 5. A Two-Good Model with Complete Specialization 6. A Crowding Approach to Labor Market Segregation 7. A More Realistic Crowding Model 8. An Application of the Theory: Racial Discrimination in South Africa 9. Summary and Concluisons; Bibliography; Index