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The Distribution of Top Incomes in Five Anglo-Saxon Countries over the Twentieth Century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506080
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First and Second Generation Immigrant Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes: A Comparison of the United States and Canada
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
the United States and Canada are compared. These countries’ immigration flows have large differences in source countries …, scale and timing, and Canada has a much larger policy emphasis on skilled workers. Following from these, the educational … attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703360
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Economic Mobility, Family Background, and the Well-Being of Children in the United States and Canada
Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529141
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The Consequences of Cumulative Discrimination: How Special Schooling Influences Employment and Wages of Roma in the Czech Republic
O'Higgins, Niall; Brüggemann, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of educational attainment on the one hand or labour marked discrimination on the other – or both. A number of studies have found that significant labour market inequalities persist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884288
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What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League
Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Research on employers' hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959773
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Career Lesbians: Getting Hired for Not Having Kids?
Baert, Stijn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Using a field experiment, we investigate whether discrimination based on women's sexual orientation differs by age and family constraints. We find weakly significant evidence of discrimination against young heterosexual women. This effect is driven by age (and fertility) rather than by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011085103
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Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michèle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924603
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Does the Liberalization of Trade Advance Gender Equality in Schooling and Health?
Schultz, T. Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762192
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The Fertility of Recent Immigrants to Canada
Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959587
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The Evolution of Hourly Compensation in Canada between 1980 and 2010
Duclos, Jean-Yves; Pellerin, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210815