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Article: The price of discrimination: an economic analysis of the human rights and equal opportunity commission rulings 1985-2000.
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- Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
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This paper investigates the price of discrimination and the identity of discriminators in Australia, using data from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. To the extent that Becker's (1971) theory is correct, we anticipate greater levels of discrimination in less competitive sectors of the economy. The data do not support that notion. We also investigate whether the price of discrimination varies by identity of discriminator. Overall the price of discrimination is about A $15,000.
Keywords: Human Rights, Discrimination.
JEL Codes: J15, J71
1 Introduction
In a recent speech Pru Goward, the (Australian) Federal Sex ...