This chapter surveys the theoretical literature on statistical discrimination and affirmative
action. This literature suggests different explanations for the existence and persistence of …

Public policy in modern India features affirmative action programs intended to reduce
inequality that stems from a centuries-old caste structure and history of disparate treatment …

The gig economy, fundamentally relying on the digital economy, is often celebrated for its
potential to expand employment opportunities and close gender wage gaps. However …

We study the joint determination of gender differences in labor earnings and time devoted to
home production in an economy where informational frictions give rise to incentive problems …

Models of statistical discrimination typically assume that employers make rational inference
from (education) signals. However, there is a large amount of evidence showing that most …

We study a general equilibrium model with endogenous human capital formation in which
ex ante identical groups may be treated asymmetrically in equilibrium. The interaction …

Citizens of two groups may engage in crime, depending on their legal earning opportunities
and on the probability of being audited. Police audit citizens. Police behavior is fair if both …

This article develops a search model of the labor market with matching, bargaining, and
employers' taste discrimination in which—under necessary but standard distributional …

The use of affirmative action policies to promote female employment remains debated. Do
affirmative action policies attract female applicants, and does that come at the expense of …

To address the issue of when minority and nonminority candidates compete for admissions
to a college, we show that an academic quality–oriented college maximizes the test score of …