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Earnings discrimination in the workplace

Forth, John; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2022

This paper provides an overview of theory and empirical evidence on earnings discrimination within the workplace …. Earnings discrimination occurs when employees producing work of equal value are differentially remunerated because of their … research evidence on earnings discrimination as one source of earnings inequality within the workplace. The ability of …

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Measuring labour differences between natives, non-natives, and natives with an ethnic-minority background

Drydakis, Nick - 2017

Through a field study we measure differences in employment outcomes between natives, non-natives, and natives with an ethnic-minority background. It is suggested that the joint effect of productivity uncertainties and distastes against ethnic-minority groups should be higher for non-natives than...

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Non-standard employment and wage differences across gender : a quantile regression approach

Duman, Anil - 2020

The paper aims to identify the effect of non-standard employment on wages in the Turkish labour market across gender and decompose the gap to understand the role of endowments and returns in generating the earning differences. Our findings show that non-standard employment reduces wages for...

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International trade and labor market integration of immigrants

Lodefalk, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Tang, Aili - 2020

We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate … immigrants from that country. By hiring immigrants, a firm may access foreign knowledge and networks needed to overcome …, we estimate the causal effects of a firm's bilateral trade on employment and wages of immigrants from that country. We …

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Immigrant overeducation across two generations : the role of gender and part-time work

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2024

A large body of literature shows that first-generation immigrants born in developing countries experience a higher … comes to the overeducation of second-generation immigrants. Using a matched employer-employee database for Belgium over the … immigrants. …

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Reflections on wage-setting

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2018

Central banks need to be concerned about wages since they are a major driver of inflation. Rising wages are needed to signal directions for market adjustments to ensure growth. Wage growth is driven by relative scarcity, labor productivity and expectations about inflation and future growth....

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Just like a woman? : new comparative evidence on the gender income gap across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2018

gap is left unexplained. In sum, these results are consistent with the presence of income discrimination towards females …

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Labour market performance of immigrants : new evidence from linked administrative data

Kaya, Ezgi - 2024

, this paper explores the labour market performance of first-generation immigrants and compares it to that of UK …-born employees. By focusing on various labour market outcomes and distinguishing immigrants based on their years of residence in the … UK, the analysis reveals that more recent immigrants, on average, earn less, work longer hours, and are more likely to be …

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Commuting patterns, the spatial distribution of jobs and the gender pay gap in the U. S.

Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2018

This paper studies to what extent gender differences in commuting patterns explain the observed disparities between husband and wife in relation to earnings and wages. It is argued that the cost of commuting is higher for women because they bear a disproportionate share of housework and...

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Labor market effects of a work-first policy for refugees

Nielson Arendt, Jacob - 2020

This study estimates the labor market effects of a work-first policy that aimed at speeding up the labor market integration of refugees. The policy added new requirements for refugees to actively search for jobs and to participate in on-the-job training immediately upon arrival in the host...

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