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Sexual Orientation, Prejudice and Segregation
Plug, Erik; Webbink, Dinand; Martin, Nicholas G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
prejudiced occupations. We show that our segregation results are largely driven by those gay and lesbian workers with disclosed … with productive skills and vocational preferences. Our segregation estimates are generally large and consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149141
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Two Faces of the ICT Revolution: Desegregation and Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality
Kahanec, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
) affects socio-economic outcomes. In the context of minority-majority relations, social distances and segregation determine the … interaction with the larger society. I interpret the reversal of the segregation trend that occurred in the late 1970s as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566706
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Cultural Diversity: A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143951
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Identification of Peer Effects through Social Networks
Bramoullé, Yann; Djebbari, Habiba; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We provide new results regarding the identification of peer effects. We consider an extended version of the linear-in-means model where each individual has his own specific reference group. Interactions are thus structured through a social network. We assume that correlated unobservables are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233912
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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
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Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
Hunter, Boyd; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754120
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Social Networks
de Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We survey the literature on social networks by putting together the economics, sociological and physics/applied mathematics approaches, showing their similarities and differences. We expose, in particular, the two main ways of modeling network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008558948
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Directed Generosity and Network Formation: Network Dimension Matters
D'Exelle, Ben; Riedl, Arno - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765236
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex Discrimination
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Guimaraes, Paulo; Portugal, Pedro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
different jobs; and the use of samples of workers prevents any reliable determination of either the extent of segregation or the … of the conditional gap. We find that one fifth of the gender pay gap results from segregation of workers across firms and … one fifth from job segregation. We also show that the widely documented glass ceiling effect operates mainly through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959522
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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries: How Large Is It for Men?
Síle O’Dorchai; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
. Moreover, except for Italy, they point to a persisting problem of occupational and sectoral segregation between men working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703266