Open AccessThe Economics and Law of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Author(s) -
Kaushik Basu
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the journal of economic perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1944-7965
pISSN - 0895-3309
DOI - 10.1257/089533003769204399
Subject(s) - harassment , argument (complex analysis) , reputation , virtue , legislature , government (linguistics) , economic interventionism , intervention (counseling) , work (physics) , labour law , economics , law and economics , law , labour economics , political science , psychology , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry
Suppose a firm has a widespread reputation for sexually harassing its employees. When a person signs up to work for such a firm, it would appear that both the firm and the worker are better off by virtue of the "exchange". Is there a case then for government to ban sexual harassment in the workplace? Starting from this question, this paper constructs an argument for legislative intervention. This "economic approach" is applied to other labor market practices and is used to evaluate and critique the current law concerning sexual harassment in the U.S. and other nations.
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