LOUREIRO, Paulo R. A.

Adverse selection, asymmetric information and deiscrimination in the labor market - Brasília : IPEA, jun./dez. 2007

The main objective of this study is the application of an adverse selection model to verify the existence of discrimination in a competitive labor market caused by asymmetric information. The most important result obtained is when a group of workers with different productivities earn the same wage characterizing discrimination