Handbook on the economics of discrimination

"Discrimination's dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in understanding, these remain active areas of debate among researchers and policymakers. This title presents a range of issues related to this complex and challenging problem."@en
"Rodgers (public policy and economics, Rutgers, the State U. of New Jersey) presents nine papers that explore economic aspects of discrimination in the contemporary United States. The first four papers discuss issues of measurement and methodology. The next three review the literature concerning discrimination against workers with disabilities, discrimination based on sexual orientation, and age discrimination in labor markets. The remaining papers analyze the impacts of anti-discrimination policies on credit, housing, and labor markets. Also includes information on affirmative action policies, Arrow's theory, earnings, empirical studies, hiring, Latinos, productivity, wage discrimination, wages, etc."