Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20360 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1125
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We consider a model of prejudice-driven discrimination, where the advantaged 'tall' discriminate against the disadvantaged 'short'. We employ an egalitarian social welfare function to compare anti-discrimination legal rules with a non-discriminatory ('height-blind') income tax.
Subjects: 
discrimination
optimal taxation
horizontal equity
JEL: 
H2
D6
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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