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Discrimination as a Convention: A Re-Assessment of the Impact of Social Intervention
Diskriminierung als eine Konvention: Eine Neubewertung des Effekts sozialer Intervention
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Abstract This article argues that the “standard approach” of the analysis of discrimination cannot easily explain the durability of discriminatory practices, which should “normally” disappear thanks to market forces. We propose an analysis of labor market discrimination using the concept of convention. First... mehr
This article argues that the “standard approach” of the analysis of discrimination cannot easily explain the durability of discriminatory practices, which should “normally” disappear thanks to market forces. We propose an analysis of labor market discrimination using the concept of convention. First, our convention-based explanation tries to characterize discrimination as an arbitrary, automatic, conformist, and self-enforcing behavior. Second, using the French institutional approach of economics of convention, we can define discrimination as an illegitimate practice. This implies that, because discrimination is stable in the long run and unfair, legislation and policy, as well as affirmative action, are useful. This new approach to the economic analysis of discrimination also changes the interrelation(s) of markets, firms, and law.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Arbeitsmarkt; Marktmechanismus; Konvention; Diskriminierung; ökonomische Theorie; Konformität; Konventionalismus; Minderheitenrecht; soziale Intervention
Klassifikation
Arbeitsmarktforschung
soziale Probleme
Freie Schlagwörter
bad convention; economics of convention
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 119-135
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 1
Heftthema
Markets, Organizations, and Law - Perspectives of Convention Theory on Economic Practices and Structures
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)