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ASHENFELTER, Orley Clark was born in 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
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This volume contains revised versions of the papers presented in 1971 at the Princeton University Conference on Discrimination in Labor Markets, and the formal discussions of them. This paper is by Kenneth Arrow, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, who lays the theoretical foundations of the economic analysis of discrimination in labor markets. Finis Welch discusses the relationship between schooling and labor market discrimination. Orley Ashenfelter's paper presents a method for estimating the effect of an important institution--trade unionism--on the wages of black workers relative to whites. Ronald Oaxaca provides a framework for measuring the extent of discrimination against women. Finally, Phyllis Wallace examines public policy on discrimination and suggests strategies for public policy in this area. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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ASHENFELTER, Orley Clark was born in 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Bachelor in Economics, Claremont College, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Princeton University, 1968.
Director, Office Evaluation, United States Department Labor, 1972-1973. Lector, Assistant Professor, Association Professor of Economics, Princeton University, 1968-1972. Benjamin Meeker Visiting Professor, University Bristol, 1981.
Professor of Economics, Director, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, since 1972.
Editorial Boards Journal of Urban Economics, 1974, J. Labor Research, since 1980. Pakistan Development Review, since 1981, J Labor Economics, since 1983.
Managing Editor, American Economic Review, since 1985.
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Most of my research is designed to set out methods for, and the results of, empirical tests of economic models of aspects of the labour market. Some of the tests have even been successful!.
Board trustees Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, since 1994. Fellow Econometric Society, American Academy Arts & Sciences.