Discrimination

Front 1

For example, Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse found that “blind” auditions for major symphony orchestras led to a large __________ in the number of ___________.

Back 1

Increase

women hired

Front 2

In another study, Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan found that resumes with ______________ received fewer interviews than those with _______________.

Back 2

“black-sounding” names

“white-sounding” names

Front 3

The competitive theory of discrimination,developed by __________, suggests __________________________

Back 3

Gary Becker

that employers have different "discrimination coefficients", or tastes for discrimination.

Front 4

The discrimination coefficient, di, measures employer i’s disutility from hiring black workers. The employer is willing to hire white workers until the point at which the ___________________________

Back 4

marginal revenue product is equal to the wage rate

Front 5

For black workers, however, a prejudicedemployer is willing to hire until the point at which______________________________

Back 5

The marginal revenue product is equal to the wage rate plus the discrimination coefficient

Front 6

In a region with a small black population, blackworkers may be able to find employment with unprejudiced employers, so thatthere is no racial wage gap due to discrimination. If the black population is sufficientlylarge, some black workers will end up working for prejudiced employers.

Back 6

...

Front 7

"Marginal discriminator”, who is indifferentbetween ________________________________

Back 7

hiring whites and blacks, because his discrimination coefficient is equal to the racial wage gap