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This chapter has three main sections. First, it outlines the theory of discrimination. Discrimination has always proved to be a challenging topic in economics: why and how can a group of workers (such as women, ethnic or racial minorities) be systematically subjected to a different treatment than another group (such as men or white persons) in a competitive labour market driven by the pursuit of profits by employers?
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© 1993 David Sapsford and Zafiris Tzannatos
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Sapsford, D., Tzannatos, Z. (1993). Discrimination in the Labour Market. In: The Economics of the Labour Market. Texts in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22825-6_9
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