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Angrist, Joshua; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

student-level and school-level explanations for this difference in Massachusetts. In an econometric framework that isolates … school students, while non-urban charters reduce achievement from a higher baseline. Student demographics explain some of …-urban charter schools are uniformly ineffective. Our estimates also reveal important school-level heterogeneity within the urban …

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Who Benefits from KIPP?

Angrist, Joshua; Dynarski, Susan; Kane, Thomas J.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …

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Educational Track, Networks and Labor Market Outcomes

Margolis, David N.; Simonnet, Véronique - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

once the school-to-work transition is well established. Using data in French school leavers from 1969-1992, we find that …

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Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies Are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...

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The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Today there is a variation within the EU to what extent nations allow for situation test results to constitute mass of evidence in court in order to prevent ethnic discrimination. In the UK The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the right to conduct discrimination tests and to even...

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Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We present experimental evidence for recruitment discrimination against men with an Arabic sounding name. Our results show that every fourth employer discriminates against the minority. However, simulations indicate that ethnic discrimination is only responsible for less than one sixth of the...

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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination: The Gender Difference

Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...

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Ethnic Discrimination in Germany's Labour Market: A Field Experiment

Kaas, Leo; Manger, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany's labour market with a correspondence test. To each of 528 advertisements for student internships we send two similar applications, one with a Turkish-sounding and one with a German-sounding name. A German name raises the average probability of...

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Is It Your Foreign Name or Foreign Qualifications? An Experimental Study of Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring

Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper contributes to the existing literature on ethnic discrimination of immigrants in hiring by addressing the central question of what employers act on in a job application. The method involved sending qualitatively identical resumes signalling belonging to different ethnic groups to...

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Parental Health and Child Schooling

Bratti, Massimiliano; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

the short-run effects of parents’ illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis is based on household panel data from …

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