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Negative attitudes toward groups in society are widespread and underpin systematic processes of social exclusion that marginalize people and deny them opportunities and dignity. This paper looks at the processes underlying social exclusion. It uses data covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia...
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A central hypothesis about discrimination is that prejudice forces the stigmatized into low paying, undesirable jobs … emerge. By contrast in competitive free markets, exclusionary discrimination often occurs but does not reduce workers' pay … discrimination is misguided: exclusion does not necessarily imply disadvantage; a shortfall in pay does not necessarily imply that …
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of HIV: stigma and discrimination. Stigmatizing attitudes in the general population and discriminatory treatment by … marketplace, "tackling HIV and AIDS stigma and discrimination." Part one of this reports describes key findings and lessons … in-depth look at the lessons and challenges of intervening against stigma and discrimination. Part three provides …
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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy … is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in the areas of, for instance, university enrolment, public employment …
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This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive … signaling, this paper shows that income inequality induces discrimination against low-income group. The influence of income is … through the children's race, which enables discrimination against the race of low-income group, racial discrimination. This …
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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy … instance, university enrolment, public employment, and political representation. Public debate over affirmative action is …
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Do racial disparities in the paid labor market also extend to the unpaid labor market? Using American Time Use Survey (ATUS) data, we find that Black people spend 13% less time at work than white people, and 17% less time in volunteering. Using an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, we show that...
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Increasing empirical research on productivity supports the use of statistical or ‘rational’ discrimination in hiring …. The practice is legal for features of job applicants not covered by human rights discrimination laws, such as being a … under existing philosophical accounts of wrongful discrimination. This paper argues that lawful statistical discrimination …
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