Abstract
We consider a model of prejudice-driven discrimination, where the advantaged 'tall' discriminate against the disadvantaged 'short'. We employ an egalitarian social welfare function to compare anti-discrimination legal rules with a non-discriminatory ('height-blind') income tax.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1167-1176 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Public Economics |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- Discrimination
- Horizontal equity
- Optimal taxation