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-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is …
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this paper is to review what economic theory suggests affects availability and to analyze the extent to which these factors …
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We introduce a model of two-sided statistical discrimination in which worker and firm beliefs are complementary. Firms … both empirical analysis designed to detect discrimination and policy meant to alleviate it. Affirmative action is much less … effective than in traditional statistical discrimination models. More generally, we demonstrate the futility of one …
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Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes for many groups has drawn the … attention of labor economists for decades - at least since the publication of Gary Becker's The Economics of Discrimination in … 1957. The decades of research on discrimination in labor markets began with a regression-based "decomposition" approach …
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Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race …, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter …
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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 investigate the potential for Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance scientific practice within experimentation by identifying key areas, directions, and implications. First, we discuss how these models can improve experimental design, including improving the elicitation wording, coding...
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methodological issues: why (and when) is a lab experiment the best approach; how do laboratory experiments compare to field …, discrimination, job search, and labor markets more generally …
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When an upstream monopolist supplies several competing downstream firms, it may fail to monopolize the market because it is unable to commit not to behave opportunistically. We build on previous experimental studies of this well-known commitment problem by introducing communication. Allowing the...
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This paper reviews some recent empirical analyses of the impact of affirmative action and anti-discrimination law on … seems more compatible with an earnings redistribution rather than an anti-discrimination program. 4)While many of the …
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