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Assessing Racial Discrimination in Parole Release

Mechoulan, Stéphane; Sahuguet, Nicolas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We investigate possible racial discrimination in the context of discretionary parole release. We develop a rational … system. Further evidence rules out post-release discrimination. We propose different hypotheses to account for the evidence. …

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Diversity and Public Goods: a Natural Experiment with Exogeneous Residential Allocation

Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...

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What Can Be Learned from Crisis-Era Protectionism? An Initial Assessment

Evenett, Simon J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Drawing upon a comprehensive database of contemporary protectionism, this paper offers an initial assessment of the extent to which our understanding of protectionism may have to evolve. While some long-standing features of protectionism appear to have endured (such as the distribution of...

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison; Leigh, Andrew - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

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Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew; Varganova, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority … (a more established migrant group) suffering less discrimination than Chinese and Middle Easterners (who have typically …

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468527

The Glass Ceiling in Europe: Why Are Women Doing Badly in the Labour Market?

Booth, Alison L. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

extent to which these stylised facts are due to policies and institutions, discrimination, to other unobservable factors, or …

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Determinants of the Employment Status of Indigenous Australians: The Role of Crime.

Borland, J.; Hunter, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997

This study examines the determinants of the employment status of Indigenous Australians using data from the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey.

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Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Local Consumer Markets: Exploiting the Army’s Procedures for Matching Personnel to Duty Locations

Clark, Deborah A. Cobb; Antecol, Heather - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006

characteristics of local markets and the propensity for consumers to be subjected to racial discrimination in their everyday … commercial transactions. Overall, one in ten soldiers report that they or their families have experienced racial discrimination … in finding non-government housing or in patronizing businesses in their local communities. Discrimination is related to a …

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Do Financial Incentives for Firms Promote Employment of Disabled Workers? A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Lalive, Rafael; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment Act (DPEA) requires firms to provide at least one job to a disabled worker per 25 non-disabled workers, a rule which is strictly enforced by non-compliance taxation. We find...

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