par Merlino, Luca Paolo 
Référence Labour economics, 19, 4, page (557-567)
Publication Publié, 2012-08
Référence Labour economics, 19, 4, page (557-567)
Publication Publié, 2012-08
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | I study the interaction between discrimination and investment using a directed search model where firms decide the capital intensity of their production technologies before being matched. Discrimination makes some workers cheap to hire. As a consequence, some firms might save on capital costs adopting labour intensive technologies. This framework allows one to reconcile search models with three well-known facts regarding the labour market outcomes of minority workers: low wages, high unemployment and occupational segregation. Furthermore, the model questions the role of equal pay legislation in reducing inequality since removing this restriction, i.e., allowing firms to post type-contingent wages, eliminates the negative effects of discrimination on investment and wages. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. |
