others' work on discrimination in other countries, such as wage disparities between Sikh and Hindu men in

India. Darity concludes that the competitive forces of the market have not been enough to overcome

employment and wage discrimination, and, on their own, are unlikely to end such discrimination in the future.

LINK IT UP

Read this article (http://openstax.org/l/censusincome) to learn more about wage discrimination.

Public Policies to Reduce Discrimination

A first public policy step against discrimination in the labor market is to make it illegal. For example, the Equal

Pay Act of 1963 said that employers must pay men and women who do equal work the same. The Civil Rights

Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The
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