This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive signaling, this paper shows that income inequality motivates discrimination against low-income group. It is parents' investment on their children's signaling that interlinks inequality...

This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive signaling, this paper shows that income inequality motivates discrimination against low-income group. It is parents' investment on their children's signaling that interlinks inequality...

Google search engine which no longer merely shape public understanding and access to the content on the World Wide Web but also impact and influence the opinion of its users by the search results it produces has been subjected to a lot of criticisms because of some racial discrimination and...

In this paper, I document the systematic differences in labor market experiences between US black and white male workers. I develop a dynamic (search-matching-bargaining) model of taste-based employer discrimination with on-the-job search by workers. Using data from NLSY79, I find that the...

We study whether racial or gender discrimination in marking exists at universities by conducting an experiment at a major Australian university where we randomly assigned names indicative of White, Chinese or Adopter identities (comprised of a White first name and Chinese surname) and male or...