Discrimination and Population Composition in the Long Run
38 Pages
Posted: 19 Oct 2011
Last revised: 24 Mar 2015
University of Bath - Department of Economics
University of Bath - Department of Economics
Date Written: June 20, 2013
Abstract
The effects of a changing population composition on wages in the context of wage discrimination have been analyzed when labor supplies and discrimination preferences are fixed. This paper introduces variable supplies, with labor supply varying at the extensive margin and discriminatory preferences varying with population composition. We find that wages of the discriminated and the non-discriminated group can change in the same direction, depending on the aggregate market, relative market, and distributional effects. Variable preferences may also change the direction of the effect on the wage ratio.
Keywords: population composition, employer discrimination, equilibrium wages
JEL Classification: J21, J71
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Mergoupis, Thanos and Nandeibam, Shasikanta, Discrimination and Population Composition in the Long Run (June 20, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1946227 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1946227
