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1- Give an overview of the Becker theory of Discrimination.
a-Discrimination definition.
b-Explicit Discrimination .
c-Hypothesis formulation.

Answer 1

BECKERS THEORY FOR DISCRIMINATION IS KNOWN AS TASTE FOR DISCRIMINATION MODEL:

Beckers theory explains discrimination as a taste or preference for which the disciminator is willing to pay.Becker relates his theory to the international trade theory of comparitive cost advantage.Becker states that a nation can benefit by engaging in free trade and maximise it output and import thosegoods that are more costlier to produce domestically but sometimes nations are not willing to import those goods but rather produce them domestically even if they are costlier to produce because those products might be of key importance to the country and the nation wants those infant industries to grow and hence to protect those industries the nation prefers to pay a cost that is reduced economic efficiency and produce those goods domestically within the country.

Becker relates this to his theory he says that the individual who discriminates is willing to pay a cost in order to discriminate,Becker focuses in his theory on employers who discriminate.Becker says that maybe a white-American employer may not want himself as well as his employees to work alongside an African-American and that if he is forced to work along with them than this imposes certain psychic costs on the employer.

The strength of this psychic cost is reflected in the discrimination coefficient 'd' which is measured in monetary terms.Assuming that African-American workers and white American workers(male and female) are equally productive.A non discriminating worker will regard them as perfect substitutes and employ them randomly if their wages are same.But a White prejudiced employer will discriminate between white Americans and African-Americans.

For a non-discriminating employer the value of 'd'=0 and for a discriminating employer the value of 'd' can be even be infinity if they are not at all wiling to employ African Americans at any wage rate.Example: the wages of White Americans=$20 and the value of 'd'= $4 for the discriminating employer hence the employer will not employ African Americans if their wage rate lies from $16 to $20 because the employer will feel it is better to employ White Americans as the wage rate of African Americans plus the employer discrimination coefficient makes it more costlier to employ African Americans if the wage rate of African Americans is $15 and the 'd'=$4 then the discriminating employer will employ African employers because it is less costlier to employ African Americans even after adding the discrimination coefficient 'd' as then employing Afrcan-Americans = $15+$4=$19 and the wage rate of White Americans=$20 so itall depends on the discrimantion coefficient of the discriminating employer.

a)Discrimination in economics is when a certain group of people,females,minority workers having the same abilities,education,sills,productivity,and experience as compared to whom they are discriminated against such as white male workers,these minority groups are discriminated with respect to employment,wage rate,job promotion or are even restricted from gaining access to formal education which would help these minority groups to develop.

c)Hypothesis is an empirical statement made for the purpose of research ,basically to do a research or detailed study on any thing first a statement of what you are aiming to find by doing the research needs to be made which is a Hypothesis and this Hypothesis is then tested by doing the research and finding out whther the empirical statment made by you is true or not.