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diversity and minority integration in the European labor markets. Policies to foster the labor market and social integration of …
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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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or racial diversity, is less likely to be hired even when the other agent has no preference over private, non …
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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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maintaining a work force with diversity in age. Overall, the implication is that it is beneficial to define additional short …
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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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reflect increased diversity in productive skills and, to some extent, a higher rate of innovation. …
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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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This paper is focused on couple households where the wife is the main earner. The economic literature on this subject is particularly scant. According to our estimates, the wife was the main earner in one of every six couple households in France in 2002, including wife-sole-earner households....
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This paper focuses on the time allocation of spouses and the impact of economic variables. We present a stylized model of the time allocation of spouses to illustrate the expected impact of wages and non-labour income. The empirical model simultaneously specifies three time-use choices – paid...
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