Theories of statistical discrimination and affirmative action: A survey

Handbook of Social Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1 B, 2011, Pages 133-200

  Fang, Hanming ^a,b   Moro, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052650158     PISSN: 15706435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53187-2.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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