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A Policy Agenda for Diversity and Minority Integration

Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

diversity and minority integration in the European labor markets. Policies to foster the labor market and social integration of …

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Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?

Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of “inclusive growth”, with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so?...

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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?

Belton, Willie; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...

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The Timing of Preference and Prejudice in Sequential Hiring Games

Waddell, Glen R.; Lee, Logan M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

or racial diversity, is less likely to be hired even when the other agent has no preference over private, non …

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Top Team Diversity and Business Performance: Latent Class Analysis for Firms and Cities

Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A growing number of studies find linkages between workforce diversity and business performance, but key aspects of this … top team diversity is amplified in the London city-region. …

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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

maintaining a work force with diversity in age. Overall, the implication is that it is beneficial to define additional short …

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Entrepreneurship

Lazear, Edward P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

The theory proposed below is that entrepreneurs are jacks-of-all-trades who may not excel in any one skill, but are competent in many. A coherent model of the choice to become an entrepreneur is presented. The primary implication is that individuals with balanced skills are more likely than...

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Migration, Trade and Income

Ortega, Francesc; Peri, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

reflect increased diversity in productive skills and, to some extent, a higher rate of innovation. …

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Cultural Diversity: A Matter of Measurement

Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Cultural diversity – in various forms – has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy … issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts …. Based on different perspectives and features of the available data, a great variety of diversity indicators have emerged …

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"Employability-Miles" and Worker Employability Awareness

Gerards, Ruud; de Grip, Andries; Witlox, Maaike - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of the firm's workforce, we find that voucher use is related...

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