extent of discrimination. The key results are that: the employment returns to education are lower for Roma than for non-Roma …. Explanations of why Roma fare so badly tend to fall into one of two camps: 'low education' vs. 'discrimination'. The analysis …This paper uses a unique survey of Roma and non-Roma in South Eastern Europe to evaluate competing explanations for the …

attention concerns the 'double' discrimination facing Roma women. Not only do Roma women face poorer employment and wage …The Roma are both the largest 'minority' ethnic group in Central and South Eastern Europe and the one which suffered … most from transition to the market. Still today, nearly forty years after the introduction of the EU's 1975 Discrimination …

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. …

minority and Han applicants for jobs posted on a large Chinese Internet job board. We denote ethnicity by means of names that … callback rates by ethnicity and that these differences vary systematically across ethnic groups. Not all firms discriminate …

investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labor market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal …

). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are … occupations. Wage differences are then examined and decomposed into 3 components: Endowments (human capital), discrimination and …

discrimination as typically measured, but its main impact is through lowering Roma educational attainment suggesting an additional …Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of … educational attainment on the one hand or labour marked discrimination on the other – or both. A number of studies have found that …

In the current study, we analyze the effect of having a Roma background on women's wages. By utilizing the Athens Area … Study random sample (2007-08) drawn from 16 multiethnic municipalities in which Roma live, we estimate that 66.1% of the … wage differential between Roma and non-Roma female workers cannot be explained by differences in observed characteristics …