Studies of the effects of employment protection frequently examine protective legislation as a whole. From a policy reform perspective, however, it is often critical to know which particular aspect of the legislation is responsible for its observed effects. The American with Disabilities Act (ADA), a 1990 federal law covering over 40 million Americans, is a clear case in point. Several empirica...

In a recent review article, White and Piette provide an overview of the use of reverse regressions in discrimination-related litigation. They explain the technique, provide a model application, summarize its advantages and disadvantages, and identify litigation in which it has been used. We point out weaknesses in common uses of reverse regression, some of which might cause serious misinterpret...

When membership in a particular group conveys valuable information about an individual’s skills, productivity, or other human capital characteristics, a non-prejudiced agent may still find it rational to statistically discriminate. We frame statistical discrimination in a labor market setting for a series of laboratory experiments. A main objective of our experiments is to examine how varying p...

The article contains an analysis of approaches to the definition employment discrimination from point view compliance Russian legislation and case-law with international labor standards. prohibition includes ensuring equal opportunities for employees, which sometimes implies provision additional guarantees certain categories employees (affirmative action). problem such affirmative action norms ...