A VOUCHER SUPPLEMENT TO EXISTING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PROGRAMS IN THE JOB MARKET

摘要

Current anti-discrimination programs resemble many other traditional governmental interventions in social and market phenomena. They attempt to regulate behavior via rules and penalties, the effects they are intended to foster are not their only effects, and those whose behavior they intend to control are motivated to subvert and disobey them. They no doubt have significant positive effects on bridging racial and gender income disparities. But they have never been fully successful in equalizing incomes, unemployment rates, and job market opportunities. In the face of these limitations of the traditional anti-discrimination programs, a voucher scheme, an incentive based method to fight job market discrimination, is proposed in this study to supplement existing programs. The primary goal of the proposed voucher program is to reduce the inefficiencies associated with the current programs, while improving the results.