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Forms of discrimination and their measurement

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One can see in segmentation theory a new ‘queue’ theory: just like neo-classical economists perceived of workers as standing in a queue according to their marginal productivity, so now workers are lined up according to their aptitude for certain market segments.

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Loveridge, R., Mok, A.L. (1979). Forms of discrimination and their measurement. In: Theories of labour market segmentation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9958-6_4

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