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17 Cards in this Set
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Minority
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group with lesser access to the prerequisites of society
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prejudice
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prejudgement on the basis of streotypes and hearsay, plus the refusal to credit evidence that conflicts with prejudgement
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discrimination
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action that treats like individuals differently on the basis of some arbitrary characteristic
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income
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money received from all sources
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earnings
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money received from labor market activities
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wage discrimination
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paying equally productive workers different wages on the bases of some arvitrary characteristic
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employment discrimination
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not hiring certain workers on the basis of some arbitrary characteristic
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occupational discrimination
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not hiring some groups of workers for particular jobs, resulting, for example, in men's jobs and womens job's or black jobs and white jobs
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human capital discrimination
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anything that prevents certain groups from acquiring the level of quality of education to which other groups have access
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"Taste for discrimination" model
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Gary Becker's theory of discrimination as the result of prejudice and psychic costs
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statistical discrimination
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judging an individual on the average characteristics of his/her group
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occupational crowding
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crowding some groups of workers into a limited number of jobs
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Redlining
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lending institutions' refusal to make loans on property in areas dominated by minorities
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affirmative action
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mandated program to provide equal access to labor markets
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quota
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rigid numerical requirement in hiring
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tokenism
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hiring minorities to comply with law, not for their abilities
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reverse discrimination
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discrimination against white males
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