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Discrimination is Expensive
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Preventing people from entering careers where they could maximize their potential places massive costs on society, and economists can measure the real impact. Chang-Tai Hsieh and Erik Hurst have discovered that declining barriers to careers for women and Black men over the last 50 years accounts for 25-40% of all productivity growth in the US. They join to discuss the implications of their critical findings.
Released:
May 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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