Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race …, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter …

of prejudice-based discrimination in driving racial gaps, particularly in the post-civil-rights era, a period when such … discrimination has been thought to play a declining role in racial inequality. We describe forces that can amplify existing … discrimination, such as monopsony and workers' perceptions of prejudice in the economy, and we discuss recent literature directly …