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Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - HAL - 2014
This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluctuations in macroeconomic … control for migrants' observed and unobserved characteristics. We find strong (mild) evidence that migrants' well …-being responds negatively (positively) to an increase in the GDP (unemployment rate) of their home country. That is, we originally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933917
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A survey on the public perception of CCS in France
Ha-Duong, Minh; Campos, Ana-Sofia; Nadai, Alain - HAL - 2007
An awareness and opinion survey on Carbon Capture and Storage was conducted on a representative sample of French aged 15 years and above. About 6\% of respondents were able to provide a satisfying definition of the technology. The key question about 'approval of or opposition to' the use of CCS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751026
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A survey on the public perception of CCS in France
Ha-Duong, Minh; Campos, Ana Sofia; Nadai, Alain - HAL - 2009
An awareness and opinion survey on Carbon Capture and Storage was conducted on a representative sample of French aged 15 years and above. About 6\% of respondents were able to provide a satisfying definition of the technology. The key question about 'approval of or opposition to' the use of CCS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790682
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Public Attitudes towards Central Bank Independence: Lessons From the Foundation of the ECB
Hayat, Muhammad Azmat; Farvaque, Etienne - HAL - 2012
This study examines public opinion in 15 European countries, on the proposal to establish an independent European Central Bank (ECB). Using data from Euro- barometer surveys for 1998 to 2000, which included a speci c question on this issue, we show that in ation performance is not su cient to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010899765
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Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Labor Market: Employment and Wage Differentials by Skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Bradley, Jake; Tarasonis, Linas - HAL - 2014
high-skill workers. In this paper we show that a model of employer taste-based discrimination in a labor market … workers. We use the model to undertake a structural decomposition and conclude that discrimination resulting from employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933808
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Ingratiation and Favoritism: Experimental Evidence
Robin, Stéphane; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Villeval, … - HAL - 2012
We provide experimental evidence of workers' ingratiation by opinion conformity and of managers' discrimination in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929091
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Migrants as second-class workers in urban China? A decomposition analysis
Démurger, Sylvie; Gurgand, Marc; Shi, Li; Ximing, Yue - HAL - 2008
(population effect). Although sector allocation is extremely contrasted, with very few migrants in the public sector and very few …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930208
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Mesurer la diversité et l'impact des actions de lutte contre la discrimination : état des lieux et pistes de réflexion
Zannad, Hédia - HAL - 2009
La lutte contre la discrimination et la promotion de la diversité sont devenues des enjeux forts pour les entreprises … abordées : nous cherchons, tout d'abord, à comprendre les notions et les enjeux propres à la diversité et à la discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535375
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(Petite) histoire de la discrimination (dans les assurances)
Pradier, Pierre-Charles - HAL - 2011
Une étude de l'histoire de la discrimination dans l'assurance montre que les données actuarielles sont rarement … suffisantes pour justifier dans le public cette discrimination. On étudie en particulier la discrimination à l'égard des femmes à …'acceptabilité sociale de la discrimination dans les assurances. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322689
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Power distribution and endogenous segregation
Bros, Catherine - HAL - 2008
The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of the process of segregation formation. The claim is that segregation does not originate from prejudice or exogenous psychological factors. Rather it is the product of strategic interactions among social groups in a setting where one group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750463