Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment
National Bureau of Economic ResearchPublished 1 June 1988Open access
George J. Borjas, Stephen G. Bronars
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Abstract
rates and incomes differ significantly by race. We show that these differentials arise in markets with consumer discrimination and incomplete information about the price of the good and the race of the seller.
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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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