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Scheduled Tribes – on child labor in India. We estimate the effect of political reservation on child labor by exploiting the … Constitution of India. Using data from state and household level surveys on fifteen major Indian states, we find that at the …
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state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …
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, and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of visits to … legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys on fifteen major …
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This paper uses Social Security longitudinal earnings records matched to Current Population Survey data to examine changes in the relative earnings of Hispanic men during a period of dramatic change in public and private policies toward race and ethnicity characterized by, but not limited to,...
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activities, and/or concomitant changes in societal attitudes, benefited all minorities. …
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impacts of ending affirmative action programs. Employment among women and minorities dropped sharply, a change that was nearly …
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In this paper we study the relationship between ethnic exclusion and earnings in Urban Peru. Our approach to the concept of ethnicity involves the usage of instruments in many of its several dimensions: mother tongue, parental background, religion, migration events and race. In order to...
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Using a difference-in-differences framework, this paper estimates the impact that Britain's July 2005 bombings had on the labor market outcomes of UK residents who are either Muslim by religious affiliation or whose nativity profiles are similar to the terrorists. We find a 10 percentage point...
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significantly decreases enrollment among minorities and other groups, with the most negative effects generated by the SAT/ACT, while …
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most desired by members of ethnic minorities. The current economic downturn is believed to have increased the importance of …
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