TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Issues in economics today - Chapter 29: Race and affirmative action

After studying this chapter you will be able to: Understand how income inequality is measured, understand how wealth inequality is measured, explain why income and wealth inequality exists in the United States, enumerate and explain the costs and benefits of income equality,. | Chapter 29 Race and Affirmative Action Chapter Outline MEASURES OF INEQUALITY, AND DEFINITIONS AND DETECTION OF DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION IN LABOR, CONSUMPTION AND LENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Measures of Social and Economic Conditions African-American family income is rising. The relative position of African-American family income to white family income has risen slowly. Rates of poverty and unemployment are much higher for African-Americans than whites. More African-American men are in prison than in college. What is Discrimination Disparate Treatment Discrimination treating two otherwise equal people differently on the basis of race Adverse Impact Discrimination doing something that is not necessarily discriminatory on its face but that impacts some groups more negatively than others Rational or Statistical Discrimination discrimination that is based on sound statistical evidence and is consistent with profit maximization Measuring and Detecting Discrimination Regression .

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