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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
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Les pratiques de recrutement dans les agences d'emploi temporaire sont-elles garantes de la non-discrimination ?
Christ, Floryane - HAL - 2013
La Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen de 1789 affirme que "les Hommes naissent et demeurent libres et égaux en droit". Cependant, la discrimination, et notamment celle à l'embauche, est un phénomène courant. Des politiques de non-discrimination ont été créées au sein des...
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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market
Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822650
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The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK: Helping or Hindering Employment Amongst the Disabled?
Bell, David; Heitmueller, Axel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …, the DDA has had no impact on the employment rate of disabled people or possibly worsened it. Possible reasons for this are …
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Dynamics and Diversity: Ethnic Employment Differences in England and Wales, 1991-2001
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper uses microdata from the 1991 and 2001 Population Censuses to examine differences in the employment … employment position of the main ethnic minority groups changed between the two Census dates and secondly, a detailed examination … of employment amongst ethnic groups in 2001. In relative terms, it is found that there was an improvement in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763492
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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the English Labor Market
Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
forty-seven, inquired about employment as waiters; women aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763906
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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations
Booth, Alison L.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506083
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Fat Chance! Obesity and the Transition from Unemployment to Employment
Caliendo, Marco; Lee, Wang-Sheng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
training programs, we find some indications that they experienced worse (or at best similar) employment outcomes than healthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147303
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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the French Labour Market
Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
employment as waiters in twenty four French towns. The rate of net discrimination found against the older French waiter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566561