Entry:
Jencks, Christopher, "Discrimination and Thomas Sowell," The New York Review of Books, 30 (March 3, 1983), 33-38.
Abstract:
Sowell is right to emphasize the ways in which minorities can circumvent the effects of discrimination and the possibility that wage differences between blacks and whites with comparable education need not be due to discrimination. However, by arguing that discrimination disappears once markets become competitive and by neglecting the long-term impact of discrimination on victims' behavior, Sowell underestimates the potential economic consequences of, and benefits from, legislating against discrimination.
GSS Years:1972-80
Other Data Sets:
Census 1970; CPR 1955-79
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Label |
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| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| ETHNIC |
COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |