Waubonsee Community College

Race and gender discrimination at work, Samuel Cohn

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Race and gender discrimination at work

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Samuel Cohn

"The early chapters of this book provide a description of the historical and current state of race and gender inequality and explain how employers persist in seemingly irrational actions even in the face of more profitable alternatives. The book then turns to an introduction of the five primary social and economic theories of wages - marginal productivity theory, human capital theory, dual sector theory, union strength theory, and internal labor market theory - followed by a review of the implications for pay differentials between blacks and whites. The book concludes with a review of the trends and causes of white male exclusionary attitudes toward blacks and women."--Jacket

Foundations of social inquiry

Has the problem of inequality gone away? -- Discrimination and market competition -- What determines if a job is male or female? -- Why are women confined to low-status jobs? -- Why are women paid less than men? -- Why are Blacks more likely to be unemployed than are whites? -- Twenty-six things to remember about discrimination