NOVAFRICA Podcast: Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages

In Episode 6, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we speak with Professor Prashant Bharadwaj from the University of California, San Diego, about his paper:

“Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages.”

In this conversation, we discuss:

– The difference between statistical discrimination and taste-based discrimination
– A new perspective on the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition
– What these findings imply for policy and public perception

🎧 Listen to the full episode here