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Family Ties and Political Participation
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2009
We establish an inverse relationship between family ties and political participation, such that the more individuals rely on the family as a provider of services, insurance, transfer of resources, the lower is one's civic engagment and political participation. We also show that strong family...
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Ethnic Inequality
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2012
This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity economic inequality both across and within …
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Understanding International Differences in the Gender Pay Gap
Blau, Francine D. - 2001
's gender pay gap. Using micro-data for 22 countries over the 1985-94 period, we find that more compressed male wage structures … and lower female net supply are both associated with a lower gender pay gap. Since it is likely that labor market … between the gender pay gap and male wage inequality suggests that wage-setting mechanisms, such as encompassing collective …
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