Discrimination as a Convention: A Re-Assessment of the Impact of Social Intervention

Ariane Ghirardello
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»Diskriminierung als eine Konvention: Eine Neubewertung des Effekts sozialer Intervention«. This article argues that the “standard approach” of the analysis of discrimination cannot easily explain the durability of discriminatory practices, which should “normally” disappear thanks to market forces. We propose an analysis of labor market discrimination using the concept of convention. First, our convention-based explanation tries to characterize discrimination as an arbitrary, automatic, conformist, and self-enforcing behavior. Second, using the French institutional approach of economics of convention, we can define discrimination as an illegitimate practice. This implies that, because discrimination is stable in the long run and unfair, legislation and policy, as well as affirmative action, are useful. This new approach to the economic analysis of discrimination also changes the interrelation(s) of markets, firms,
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歧视作为一种惯例:对社会干预影响的再评估
“Diskriminierung - aline convention: eineneubewertung des effects社会化干预”。本文认为,分析歧视的“标准方法”不能轻易解释歧视做法的持久性,歧视做法“通常”应该由于市场力量而消失。我们建议使用惯例的概念对劳动力市场歧视进行分析。首先,我们基于惯例的解释试图将歧视描述为一种武断的、自动的、顺从的和自我强制的行为。其次,使用法国惯例经济学的制度方法,我们可以将歧视定义为一种非法的做法。这意味着,由于歧视从长远来看是稳定的和不公平的,立法和政策以及平权行动是有用的。这种对歧视进行经济分析的新方法也改变了市场、公司、
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