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The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Ethnic differences are often considered to be powerful sources of diverse economic behaviour. In this paper, we investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labour market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) and Oaxaca-Blinder...
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Importing Equality? The Impact of Globalization on Gender Discrimination
Black, Sandra; Brainerd, Elizabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
While researchers have long held that discrimination cannot endure in an increasingly competitive environment, there … competition resulting from globalization in the 1980s forced employers to reduce costly discrimination against women. The … gap: because concentrated industries face little competitive pressure to reduce discrimination, an increase in competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114499
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Rhetoric in Economic Research: The Case of Gender Wage Differentials
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
productivity constant. We analyse close to 200 papers to investigate what drives authors to talk about ‘discrimination’, whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661487
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Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Timing of Labour Market Reforms
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In this Paper, I analyse the pros and cons of implementing structural reforms of the labour market in booms versus recessions, in light of considerations of social efficiency, political viability, and macroeconomic fine-tuning. While the optimal timing of a reform depends on the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504569
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Location and Education in South African Cities Under and After Apartheid
Selod, Harris; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
We model a South African city during Apartheid (in which both schooling and mobility are restricted on the basis of race) and after Apartheid (in which no restrictions are imposed). We first show that the inequality between blacks and whites decreases when Apartheid laws are removed. Indeed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666413
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Gender, Salary and Promotion in the Academic Profession
Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This paper examines the hypothesis that the gender salary gap observed in the academic labour market is predominantly explained by the differing average characteristics of male and female academics and barriers to female promotion. Preliminary analysis reveals that the crowding of women onto the...
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The Changing Distribution of Male and Female Wages, 1978-2000: Can the Simple Skills Story be Rejected?
Gosling, Amanda - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
competitive, resulting in a fall in discrimination and an increase in the return to skill. As this explanation is not directly and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123660
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The Evolution of the Early Career Gender Wage Gap
Kunze, Astrid - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In this Paper we investigate the male-female wage differential: Does it evolve over the early career or does it exist right from entry into first employment onwards? For the analysis we use new administrative longitudinal data and focus on the early careers of skilled workers in Germany. We...
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Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting Among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?
Dolado, Juan J.; Felgueroso, Florentino - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
There are relevant gender differences in the labour-market status of health sciences graduates in Spain: (i) female physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians....
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Optimal Patronage
Drugov, Mikhail - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We study the design of promotions in an organization where agents belong to groups that advance their cause. Examples and applications include political groups, ethnicities, agents motivated by the work in the public sector and corruption. In an overlapping generations model, juniors compete for...
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