Economics and Diversity

ISBN-13: 9781138805378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 250 str.

Carlo D'Ippoliti;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This text takes issue with the concept of 'heterogeneity', arguing that economics should not disregard diversity and that this requires a broader, multidisciplinary approach to the explanation of individual and collective behaviour.

Spis treści

Preface Marcella Corsi and Bertram Schefold.  Introduction  Part 1: There is Difference in Difference: Diversity and Heterogeneity  1. The Night in Which All Cows are Black  2. Lessons from the Past  Part 2: Difference, Behavior and Aggregative Analysis  3. Social Sciences and the Act of Classification  4. Individual and Aggregate Behavior  5. Consequences for Economic Theory and Method  Part 3: On Gender Diversity  6. Gender Diversity as Inequality  7. Schmoller on the Origin of Gender Inequality  8. Mill and the Liberal Stance  9. The State, the Market, and Gender  Part 4: An Application: Gender Diversity in the Labor Market  10. Gender, Diversity and Heterogeneity in the Labor Market  11. How Gender may Help in Understanding the Labor Market  12. How Economcis May Help in Understanding Gender  13. Analysis of Men’s and Women’s Employment.  Appendix.  Conclusions

O autorze

Carlo D’Ippoliti is a research fellow of economics at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.