What Is Labour Market Discrimination?
What Is Labour Market Discrimination?
Labour market discrimination occurs when equally productive workers are paid differently or treated differently in hiring because of characteristics such as gender, ethnicity or age. The unequal treatment is unrelated to the workers' ability or output.
Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level Economics 1.6.7 Discrimination in the labour market. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the core supply-and-demand models before moving on to the more evaluation-heavy macroeconomic policy topics.