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This chapter reviews key literature studying the effects of wars on minority and underrepresented groups in U.S. labor markets in the 20th century. These labor markets, characterized by historically pervasive barriers to entry into certain occupations and industries, promotions, and fair pay for...
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We analyze temporal trends in cultural distance between groups in the US defined by income, education, gender, race … based on his or her (i) media consumption, (ii) consumer behavior, (iii) time use, or (iv) social attitudes. Gender …
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on the depiction of risk and gender roles. Films that promote risk-taking sell more in entrepreneurial societies today … continue to find a robust audience in societies with similar gender stereotypes in their folklore and where women today …
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specifically, Mexican. Linking data on self-reported ethnicity, ancestry, and parental place of birth with county-level voter … discrimination and hostility. At the same time, anti-minority sentiment may raise the salience of ethnicity and race and thus …
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their widespread involvement in unpaid agricultural work. Combining data from the US Census and several early sources, we … create a consistent measure of male and female employment and hours for the US for 1870-2019, including paid work and unpaid … work in family farms and non-farm businesses. The resulting measure of hours traces a U-shape for women, with a modest …
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partnership with a Spanish-speaking online platform for technology positions, ads randomly selected to use gender-neutral language … similar numbers otherwise. In a separate survey experiment, gender-neutral language in ads increases interest and beliefs …
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Using thousands of essays written by 11-year-olds in 1969, we construct an index measuring girls' conformity to gender … less to gender norms live in regions with higher female employment and university attendance, highlighting the role of the …
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heritage the more integrated are the neighborhoods where they reside and work. Data on ethnic preferences and attitudes …
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Are identities fungible? How do people come to identify with specific groups? This paper proposes a revealed preference approach, using food consumption to uncover ethnic and religious identity choices in India. We first show that consumption of identity goods (e.g. beef and pork) systematically...
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We present evidence that shared codes, religious beliefs, ethnicity - cultural proximity - between lenders and …
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