On Vertically Challenged and Horizontal Equity - Reassessing Anti-Discrimination Rules

We consider a model of prejudice-driven discrimination, where the advantaged 'tall' discriminate against the disadvantaged 'short'. We employ an egalitarian social welfare function to compare anti-discrimination legal rules with a non-discriminatory ('height-blind') income tax.

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Year of publication:	2004-04
Authors:	Blumkin, Tomer ; Margalioth, Yoram ; Sadka, Efraim
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	discrimination \| optimal taxation \| horizontal equity

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 1125 15 pages
Classification:	H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue ; D6 - Welfare Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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