期刊名称：Economic and Social Progress in Latin America
电子版ISSN：0095-2850
出版年度：2008
卷号：1
页码：45-45
出版社：Washington, DC
摘要：Discrimination is believed to be a powerful force for exclusion, because it limits
the ability of individuals to engage in transactions and access institutions that
allow non-discriminated-against groups to achieve socially valuable outcomes.
It is quite obvious to any casual observer of the region that there are substantial differences
in economic and social outcomes that are associated with gender, racial, ethnic,
and class distinctions. Understanding how much of these differences is due to discrimination,
as well as the channels through which such discrimination operates, is a crucial
first step in our analysis of social exclusion.
