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Are Asian Migrants Discriminated Against in the Labour Market? A Case Study of Australia
Junankar, P. N.; Paul, Satya; Yasmeen, Wahida - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper explores the issue of discrimination against Asian migrants in the Australian labour market using a unique … significant “unexplained differences” for males that may be ascribed to “discrimination” against Asian migrants. However, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703510
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Is There Monopsonistic Discrimination against Immigrants? First Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Hirsch, Boris; Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates immigrants' and natives' labour supply to the firm within a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony framework. Applying duration models to a large administrative employer–employee data set for Germany, we find that once accounting for unobserved worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279306
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Informal Workers across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries
Hazans, Mihails - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
similar natives. We provide evidence that exclusion and discrimination play important role in pushing employees into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216291
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Perceptions and Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Australia after 9/11
Goel, Deepti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Arab stereotype in Australia perceive a greater increase in religious and racial intolerance and discrimination compared to … religious and racial intolerance and discrimination relative to other immigrants. Further, I do not find evidence that after 9 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976900
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Do Negative Native-Place Stereotypes Lead to Discriminatory Wage Penalties in China's Migrant Labor Markets?
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Thi Tran, Ngoc-Han - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
traits. Such prejudice does not necessarily lead to wage discrimination. Whether or not it does depends on the nature of the … Project (RUMiC) to explore whether native-place wage discrimination affects migrant workers in China's urban labor markets. We … analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168439
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Women-Led Firms and the Gender Gap in Top Executive Jobs
Bell, Linda A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Using data on Executive Compensation from Standard and Poor's ExecuComp, this paper explores the gender gap in top executive jobs and the effect of women CEOs, Chairs, and Directors on the pay of other women executives. The results show a narrowing of the uncorrected gender pay gap from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822716
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Strategic Behavior across Gender: A Comparison of Female and Male Expert Chess Players
Gerdes, Christer; Gränsmark, Patrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper aims to measure differences in risk behavior among expert chess players. The study employs a panel data set on international chess with 1.4 million games recorded over a period of 11 years. The structure of the data set allows us to use individual fixed-effect estimations to control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466448
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Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Greece
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This study investigates the differences in four aspects of job satisfaction between gay men/lesbians and heterosexuals. The analysis results suggest that gay men and lesbians are less satisfied with their jobs, by all job satisfaction measures, than heterosexual employees, all other factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959600
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Men's Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
patterns in Greece suggest that homosexual employees face labour market discrimination, gay employees will report being less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416942
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Over-Education in Multilingual Economies: Evidence from Catalonia
Blázquez, Maite; Rendon, Sílvio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Catalonia’s economy is characterized by linguistic diversity and provides a unique opportunity to measure the incidence of language proficiency on over-education, particularly, whether individuals with deficient language skills tend to acquire more formal skills or, on the contrary, become...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762408