Economics Models of Discrimination

Not all difference results from discrimination. Not all discrimination results in observable differences. This course focuses on understanding issues of difference and discrimination associated primarily with race, but also other markers of difference, including gender, sexual orientation, national origin, etc. A critical skill for economic analysis of discrimination is econometric method. This course looks carefully at the ways in which econometrics is used to address questions of discrimination, and critically evaluate these models and the studies that rely upon them.