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Ethnic Minorities Rewarded: Ethnostratification on the Wage Market in Belgium
Vertommen, Sara; Martens, Albert - 2006
Several previous researches have confirmed the hypothesis of ethnostratification, which holds that the labour market is … divided into different ethnic layers. While people of a European origin are over-represented in the top layers (the primary … working conditions and greater job insecurity. This paper deals with a very important condition of work: the wage. Does origin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312423
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
We describe how ethnic disparities in the labor market between prime aged Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men have evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474140
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
We describe how ethnic disparities in the labor market between prime aged Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men have evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001745
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and Non-hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
We describe how ethnic disparities in the labor market between prime aged Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men have evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296595
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On the Peculiar Relevance of a Fundamental Dilemma of Minimum-Wage Regulation in Post-Socialism - Apropos of an International Investigation
Gábor, István R. - 2010
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494700
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Selection on Ability and the Early Career Growth in the Gender Wage Gap
Fraga, Eduardo; Gonzaga, Gustavo; Soares, Rodrigo R. - 2017
This paper analyzes the effect of selection on ability on the evolution of the gender wage gap during the first years of professional life. We use longitudinal data with 16 years of the early career history of formal sector workers in Brazil. The panel allows us to build a measure of unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744503
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The impact of selection into the labor force on the gender wage gap
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Boboshko, Nikolai; … - 2021
We study the impact of selection bias on estimates of the gender pay gap, focusing on whether the gender pay gap has fallen since 1981. Previous research has found divergent results across techniques, identification strategies, data sets, and time periods. Using Michigan Panel Study of Income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520398
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On the peculiar relevance of a fundamental dilemma of minimum-wage regulation in post-socialism : apropos of an international investigation
István, Gábor R. - 2010
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696807
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Gender Pay Gap, Labor Unions and Firm Performance
Dugardin, Fabien-Antoine - 2020
Using detailed employee-employer administrative data, we analyze the impact of the gender pay gap on the performance of firms and find that it depends on the presence of labor unions. When the firm is not unionized, the gender pay gap reduces profitability. In contrast, when unions are present,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844104
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Selection on Ability and the Early Career Growth in the Gender Wage Gap
Fraga, Eduardo - 2017
This paper analyzes the effect of selection on ability on the evolution of the gender wage gap during the first years of professional life. We use longitudinal data with 16 years of the early career history of formal sector workers in Brazil. The panel allows us to build a measure of unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955027