Das, Maitreyi Bordia2015-11-052015-11-052015-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22890Labor market discrimination is very difficult to pinpoint, even more difficult to measure and almost impossible to “prove”. It has been studied in many disciplines of which economics and sociology are prime. The latter has focused more on the manner in which discrimination plays out and how it is related to different forms of social stratification. This paper reviews the literature and makes two main contributions: first, it builds a four-fold typology to think about discrimination—overt or covert; conscious or unconscious; legal or illegal and real or perceived. Second, it identifies screens and filters—devices through which discrimination plays out in the labor market. Unless more empirical studies identify the play of discrimination and exclusion, subordinate groups may well be told that discrimination is actually in their heads—that they are imagining it.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOFAMILY LAWJOBSEMPLOYMENTGENDER STEREOTYPINGGENDER INEQUALITYRETIREMENTFOREIGN-OWNED FIRMSSEXESEQUAL FOOTINGINFORMATIONLABOR FORCEDISCRIMINATIONJOBEFFECTSMINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGEFAIRCOMPETITIVE PRODUCTPRICINGENTRY-LEVEL JOBSPRICELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONPAID MATERNITYEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMESRENTSEFFICIENCY WAGESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYHUMAN RESOURCELABOR MARKETMATERNITY LEAVEEQUAL TERMSMATHEMATICSDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENTRAININGLABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATIONFEMALE CANDIDATESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTWORKERPUBLIC SECTOR JOBSPRODUCTIVITYUNEMPLOYEDIMPERFECT INFORMATIONEQUALITY AT WORKFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONJOB MARKETMARKETSORGANIZATIONSSEXUAL ORIENTATIONSELF EMPLOYMENTMARRIAGEPRODUCTLABORPRIMARY SCHOOLDISADVANTAGED WORKERSLABOUR MARKETSMIGRANTSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSEX DISCRIMINATIONEFFICIENCYFEMALE LABORFORM OF DISCRIMINATIONLABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATIONHUMAN CAPITALAGE OF MARRIAGEMARKET SEGMENTATIONMIGRANTDISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDESPREVIOUS WORKWORKERSWAGESINFORMAL LABOR MARKETSMARKET SURVEYSEXPORT PROCESSING ZONESEQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTIONWOMEN WORKERSLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATIONVALUEGENDERACT OF DISCRIMINATIONCLERKSWOMEN MIGRANTSDIVISION OF LABORDEMANDEMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATIONOCCUPATIONSFEMALE WORKERSLABOUR MARKETOCCUPATIONFAMILY LAWSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSMIGRANT WORKERSPRIVATE SECTORMARKETDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESECONOMICSPRICE DISCRIMINATIONOLDER WOMENMANPOWERMARKET COMPETITIONMANAGEMENTMIGRATION POLICIESPREGNANT WOMENEQUAL REMUNERATIONSEXUAL HARASSMENTLABOUR MARKET OUTCOMESEMPLOYABILITYLABOUR FORCERISKHUMAN RESOURCESFEMALE LABOR FORCESUPPLYYOUNGER WORKERSWAGE DIFFERENTIALSDISCRIMINATORY LAWSLABOR SUPPLYLAWLABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATIONGENDER DISCRIMINATIONWOMENLABOURSEXISMLABOR MARKETSOUTCOMESCIVIL RIGHTSEXPLOITATION OF WOMENWAGE PREMIUMSGENDER EQUALITYFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONINEQUALITYEMPLOYEESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7468