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September 26, 2003

The economics of discrimination Tyler

The economics of discrimination

Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution has a neat post on the economics of discrimination: "Why did it take so long to integrate baseball?".

"The Chicago/UCLA approach has long suggested that if black or minority workers are underpaid, for reasons of discrimination, an employer would find it profitable to hire them and bid up their wages. I have long since wondered why it took major league baseball so long to play African-Americans. The "Negro Leagues" had been around a long time, with many talented players, but Jackie Robinson did not debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers until 1947..."

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