Readings

Taste discrimination

Arrow, Kenneth. 1974. The Theory of Discrimination in 0. Ashenfelter and A. Rees, eds., Dis- crimination in Labor Markets  Princeton University Press.

Becker, Gary S., The Economics of Discrimination, 2nd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971).

Employer

Black, Sandra E. and Elizabeth Brainerd. 2004. “Importing Equality? Thje Impact of Globalization on Gender Discrimination.” Industrial & Labor Relations Review: 57 (July): 540-559.

Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan, “Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination,” American Economic Review, Sept 2004, 94:991- 1013

Employee

Levitt, Steven D. 2004. “Testing Theories of Discrimination: Evidence from Weakest Link.” The Journal of Law and Economics, 47 (October): 431-452.

Customer

Nardinelli, Clark and Curtis Simon. 1990. “Customer Racial Discrimination in the Market for Memorabilia: The Case of Baseball.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 105 (August):575-595.

Holzer, Harry and Keith R. Ihlanfeldt. 1998. “Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes for Minority Workers.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 113 (August):835-867.

Borjas, George J. and Stephen G. Bronars. 1989. “Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment.” Journal of Political Economy  97 (June): 581-605.

Yinger, John. 2000. “Evidence on Discrimination in Consumer Markets.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (Spring): 23-40.

Statistical discrimination

E. S. Phelps, “The Statistical Theory of Racism and Sexism,” American Economic Review, 1972, 62:659-661

Aigner and Cain, “Statistics Theories of Discrimination in Labor Markets,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1977, 30:175-187

Pinkston, Joshua C. 2006. “A Test of Screening Discrimination with Employer Learning.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 59(January): 267-284.

Ladd, Helen F. 1998. “Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (Spring): 41-62.

Internal labor markets

Stoll, Michael A., Steven Raphael, and Harry J. Holzer.  2004. “Black Job Applicants and the Hiring Officer’s Race.  Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57 (January): 267-287.

Pekkarinen, Tuomas and Juhana Vartiainen. 2006. “Gender Differences in Promotion on a Job Ladder: Evidence from Finnish Metalworkers. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 59(January): 285-301.

Arthur, Michelle M. and Alison Cook. 2004. “Taking Stock of Work-Family Initiatives: How Announcements of ‘Family-Friendly’ Human Resource Decisions Affect Shareholder Value.” Industrial & Labor Relations Review: 57 (July): 599-613.

Preston, Chapters 2, 5, 8

III. Empirical Evidence

a. Differences in Occupations, Education and Earnings

BFW Chapter 5, 8

Goldin Chapter 3

Claudia Goldin, Lawrence Katz, and Ilyana Kuziemko, “Homecoming of American

Women”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20:133-156.

Collins, Susan M. 2000. “Minority Groups in the Economics Profession.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14(Winter):133-148.

b. The Human Capital Model

BFW Chapter 6

Preston, Chapter 7

c. Earnings Functions and Measuring Discrimination

BFW Chapter 6

Goldin Chapter 4

IV. Cases Evidence on discrimination

a.  Women

Blau, Francine D. and Lawrence M. Kahn. 2000. “Gender Differences in Pay.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Fall): 75-99.

Blau, Francine D. and Lawrence M. Kahn. 2006. “The U.S. Gender Pay Gap in the 1990s: Slowing Convergence. ” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 60(October): 45-66.

b.  Blacks

Couch, K and MC Daly. 2002. “Black-White Wage Inequality in the 1990s: a Decade of Progress.” Economic Inquiry 40 (January):31-41

Heckman, James J., Thomas M. Lyons, and Petra E Todd. 2000. “Understanding Black-White Wage Differentials, 1960-1990.” American Economic Review 90 (May): 344-349.

Donohue, John J. and James Heckman. 1991. “Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks.” Journal of Economic Literature 29 (December): 1603-1643

c. Immigrants
Lubotsky, Darren. 2007 “Chutes or Ladders? A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Earnings.” Journal of Political Economy. 115 (October): 820-867.

d. Hispanics

Fry, Richard and B. Lindsay Lowell. 2006. “The Wage Structure of Latino-Origin Groups across Generations.”  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 45(April):147-168

Mora, Marie M. and Alberto Davilla. 2006. “A Note on the Changes in the Relative Wages of LEP Hispanic Men between 1980 and 2000” .”  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 45(April):169-172.

e.  Homosexuality

Antecol, Heather, Anneke Jong and Michael Steinberger. 2008. The Sexual Orientation Wage Gap: The Role Of Occupational Sorting and Human Capital.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 61(July):518-543.

Black, Dan A., Hoda R, Makar, Seth G. Sanders, and Lowell J. Taylor. 2003. "The Earnings Effects of Sexual Orientation." Industrial & Labor Relations Review: 56 (April):449-469.

f.  Premarket Differences

Willingness to compete

Niederle, Muriel and Lise Vesterlund. 2007 “Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?” Quarterly Journal of Economics 122 (August): 1067-1102.

Price, Joseph. 2008. “Gender Differences in the Response to Competition.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 61(April): 320-333.

Personality

Mueller, Gerrit and Erik Plug. 2006. “Estimating the Effect of Personality on Male and Female Earnings.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 60(October): 3-22.

Height

Persico, Nicola, Andrew Postlewaite and Dan Silverman. 2004. "The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height" Journal of Political Economy. 112 (October): 1019-1053.

g.  Looks

Daniel Hamermesh and Jeff Biddle, “Beauty and the Labor Market,” American Economic Review, Dec. 1994, 84:1174-1194

h.  Audit Studies Debate

Darity, William A. Darity Jr. and Patrick L. Mason. 1998. “Evidence on Discrimination in Employment: Codes of Color, Codes of Gender.”  The Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (Spring): 63-90.

James J. Heckman. 1998. “ Detecting Discrimination.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (Spring): 101-116.

V.  Government Antidiscrimination Policy:  Aims and Impacts

BFW Chapter 7: pp. 234-255

Antecol, Heather, and Deborah Cobb-Clark.  2004. “The Changing Nature of Employment-Related Sexual Harassment: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Government, 1978-1994.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57(April):  443-461.

Collins, William J. 2003. “The Labor Market Impact of State-Level Anti-Discrimination Laws, 1940-1960.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 56(January): 244-272.

Neumark, David and Wendy A. Stock. 2006. “The Labor Market Effects of Sex and Race Discrimination Laws.” Economic Inquiry 44(July):385-419

Goldin, Chapter 6

Lang, Chapters 11,12

VI. Marriage and Family Formation

BFW Chapters 3, 9

Dora Costa, “Power Couples: Changes in the Locational Choice of the College Educated, 1940-1990”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115:1287-1315

Goldin Chapter 6

Lang Chapter 6

VII. Female Labor Supply at Home and Abroad

BFW Chapters 2, 4, 11

ES Chapter 7

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. 1976. “The "Industrial Revolution" in the Home: Household Technology and Social Change in the 20th Century.” Technology and Culture 17 (January): 1-23.

Costa, Dora L. 2000. “From Mill Town to Board Room: The Rise of Women's Paid Labor.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Fall): 101-122.

Goldin Chapters 2, 5

Martha Bailey, “More Power to the Pill: The Impact of Contraceptive Freedom on Women’s Life Cycle Labor Supply,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, Feb. 2006, 121:289-320

Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst, “Measuring Trends in Leisure: The Allocation of Time over Five Decades,” Quarterly Journal of Economic, Aug 2007, 122:969-1006

Anderson, Deborah J., Melissa Binder and Kate Krause. 2003. “The Motherhood Wage Penalty Revisited: Experience, Heterogeneity, Work Effort, and Work Schedule Flexibility.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 56(January): 273-294.

Folbre, Nancy and Julie A. Nelson . 2000. “For Love or Money -- Or Both?” Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Fall): 123-140.

Preston, Chapter 7

Mammen, Kristin and Christina Paxson. 2000. “Women's Work and Economic Development.”Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 (Fall): 141-164.

Labor Supply Data

ES:  Chpts. 6, 7.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Variations in Time Use at Stages of the Life Cycle.” Monthly Labor Review 128 (September 2005): 38-45.

Frazis, Harley and Jay Stewart "What can time-use data tell us about hours of work?" Monthly Labor Review 128 (September 2005): 3-9.

Cromartie, Stella “Labor force status of families: a visual essay” Monthly Labor Review 130 (July-August, 2007): 35-41.

Cohany, Sharon and Emy Sok, “Trends in labor force participation of mothers with children and infants” Monthly Labor Review 130 (February 2007):9-16