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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture

Kohler, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … the German-speaking region of Switzerland affect outcomes in the labour market, or whether economic interactions are …

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment … for their integration in the labor market. Since the focus is on the understanding of the self-employment decision, a two …-stage structural probit model is employed that determines the willingness to work full-time (against part-time employment and not …

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Globalization, female employment, and regional differences in OECD countries

Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

globalization on female employment in 33 OECD countries, using a pseudo micro panel on 110’000 persons from the World Values Survey … information exchange, increases employment probabilities of women. However, when accounting for sub-national regional differences …) increases female employment in a cross-country fashion. …

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The Employment Impact of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Grimes, Paul W.; Register, Charles A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1987

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the macro employment effects of the federal Age Discrimination in … Employment Act as amended. The results indicate mixed effects on the legislation on older workers and workers of traditional …

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Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew; Varganova, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority groups in Australia -- a country where one quarter of the population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use distinctively Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous, Italian, Chinese, and...

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.

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Do Financial Incentives for Firms Promote Employment of Disabled Workers? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Lalive, Rafael; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment …-compliance tax generates strong employment effects for low-wage firms and weak effects for high-wage firms. We also find that growing …

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Globalized markets, globalized information, and female employment: accounting for regional differences in 30 OECD countries

Fischer, Justina A.V. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

globalization on female employment in 30 OECD countries, using a micro pseudo panel of 110’000 persons derived from five waves of … the probability of employment for women – contradicting the Becker (1957)-hypothesis of international competition … mitigating discrimination in employment. However, accounting for sub-national regional gender heterogeneity reveals that the …

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Ethnic Parity in Labour Market Outcomes for Benefit Claimants

Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; Mesnard, Alice; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

A significant gap exists in the UK between the employment rate for Ethnic Minorities and that for Whites. From a policy … discriminatory behaviour in the labour market. In this paper, we use administrative data to estimate ethnic differences in employment …

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