Deep Impact: Mapping the Impact of Anti-Discrimination Law.

The purpose of this paper is to mapp out the impact of existing national legislative measures tackling discrimination outside the field of employment and occupation on the grounds of disability, age and sexual orientation. This paper aims to produce an overview and comparison of twenty two existing impact assessments of anti-discrimination legislation in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.. The paper considers the enforcement, acceptance and/or compliance impacts. The paper examines factors, which enhance or impair the effectiveness and acceptance of legal measures. It also analyses how anti-discrimination law is enforced and what are the indicators on enforcement. Finally, the paper considers the economic and social impacts of anti-discrimination law. It outlines and analyses a number of specific costs and benefits as included in national impact assessments of anti-discrimination law. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]