(Anti-) Discrimination unveiled

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JEL classification

• Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
• Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation

Keywords

Antidiscrimination policy, discrimination, microeconomic analysis

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of antidiscrimination policy and provides a brief summary of its potential impacts. It appears that normative antidiscrimination lacks a coherent set of principles, proposed measures tend to be arbitrary and lead to inconsistent results. Implementations also disproportionally harm the social classes, whose protection or promotion would presumably be acceptable. A case is made of existing EU antidiscriminatory legislation, regulating the insurance market, including some rudimentary figures.