Incorporating affirmative action into the welfare state

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim
• 署名单位: Tel Aviv University; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Tel Aviv University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.07.002
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 1027-1035
• 关键词: Affirmative action; optimal taxation; Tagging

摘要

In this paper, we discuss a novel aspect of affirmative action policy. We examine its redistributive role, asking whether in an egalitarian society, supplementing the tax-transfer system with an affirmative action policy would enhance social welfare. We demonstrate that affirmative action Could be a desirable policy tool even if racial discrimination does not exist in the labor market. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.