Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 631
Cover Image
The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
substantially lowered attrition rates for second- and third-generation Hispanics and Asians, ethnic attrition remains a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009422062
Cover Image
Determinants of Business Success: An Examination of Asian-Owned Businesses in the United States
Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
capital. Startup capital and education alone explain from 65 percent to the entire gap in business outcomes between Asians and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822570
Cover Image
Ethnic Discrimination in China's Internet Job Board Labor Market
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We conduct a large‐scale field experiment to investigate how Chinese firms respond to job applications from ethnic minority and Han applicants for jobs posted on a large Chinese Internet job board. We denote ethnicity by means of names that are typically Han Chinese and distinctively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990933
Cover Image
Attention Discrimination: Theory and Field Experiments with Monitoring Information Acquisition
Bartos, Vojtech; Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We link two important ideas: attention is scarce and lack of information about an individual drives discrimination in … "attention discrimination": less attention in highly selective cherry-picking markets, where more attention helps applicants, and … persistence of discrimination in selection decisions, returns to human capital and, potentially, for policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884110
Cover Image
Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884175
Cover Image
Customer Discrimination and Employment Outcomes: Theory and Evidence from the French Labor Market
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Decreuse, Bruno; Laouénan, Morgane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
-specific preferences, economy-wide employer discrimination, and customer discrimination in jobs in contact with customers. The outcomes of … the model allow us to build a test of ethnic discrimination in general and customer discrimination in particular. We run … there is both ethnic and customer discrimination in the French labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884373
Cover Image
Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959840
Cover Image
The Evaluation of Immigration Policies
Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
outcomes of immigrants: a) introduction programs, b) language training, c) labor market programs, and d) anti-discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652097
Cover Image
Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative failure can be characterized by the following syllogism: (1) the empowerment of women is a sine qua non for economic progress; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539173
Cover Image
Discrimination and the Effects of Drug Testing on Black Employment
Wozniak, Abigail - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
drug testing regulation to study discrimination against blacks related to perceived drug use. Black employment in the … testing sector is suppressed in the absence of testing, consistent with ex ante discrimination on the basis of drug use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552944