Pervasive Prejudice: Unconventional Evidence of Race and Gender discrimination

by Ian Ayres

Overview

In this thorough confrontation of discrimination in the marketplace, Ian Ayres reveals surprising evidence that in many different types of transactions, blacks and women are routinely put at a disadvantage—by unequal offers, unequal policies, and subtle forms of discrimination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226033532
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Series:	Studies in Law and Economics Series
Edition description:	1
Pages:	445
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ian Ayres is the William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1 "Untitled" Discrimination
Part I Disparate Treatment
2 Gender and Race Discrimination in Retail Car Negotiations (with Peter Siegelman)
3 Toward Causal Explanation
4 Discrimination in Consummated Transactions
5 Legal Implications
Part II Disparate Impact
6 Unequal Racial Access to Kidney Transplantation (with Laura G. Dooley and Robert S. Gaston)
7 A Market Test for Race Discrimination in Bail Setting (with Joel Waldfogel)
Part III Affirmative Action
8 How Affirmative Action at the FCC Auctions Decreased the Deficit (with Peter Cramton)
9 Expanding the Domain of Civil Rights Empiricism
Index