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Using CPS data from 1979–2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women’s relative earnings are harmed by...
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mobility and salaries show, on the contrary, substantial positive effects of quantity, independent of quality. We test various …
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immigrants and natives become noticeable when activities are distinguished by incidence and intensity. We develop a theory of the … process of assimilation-what immigrants do with their time-based on the notion that assimilating activities entail fixed costs …. The theory predicts that immigrants will be less likely than natives to undertake such activities, but conditional on …
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Using CPS data from 1979–2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women’s relative earnings are harmed by...
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-looking people represents discrimination, and, if so, who is discriminating. Hamermesh investigates the commodification of beauty in …
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