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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2018
religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs … also share more gender-egalitarian views, although the effect only holds among the young (aged 15 to 30), among single …
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Female Migration : A Way Out of Discrimination
Ruyssen, Ilse - 2015
be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and … preparation to emigrate from 150 countries between 2009-2013 and disentangle how perceived gender discrimination can foster or … to both sample selection bias and potential endogeneity issues. Perceived gender discrimination is shown to form a strong …
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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William - 2017
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … managing motels. We develop a model of social interactions where non-work relationships facilitate the acquisition of sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965722
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Do anti-discrimination policies work?
Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
, including ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or beliefs, disability, being over 55 years old, or being …
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Eliminating discrimination in hiring isn't enough
Alston, Mackenzie - In: IZA World of Labor (2023)
While many firms have recognized the importance of recruiting and hiring diverse job applicants, they should also pay attention to the challenges newly hired diverse candidates may face after entering the company. It is possible that they are being assessed by unequal or unequitable standards...
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Gender and Racial Biases : Evidence from Child Adoption
Baccara, Mariagiovanna; Collard-Wexler, Allan; Felli, … - 2021
This paper uses a new data set on domestic child adoption to document the preferences of potential adoptive parents over born and unborn babies relinquished for adoption by their birth mothers. We show that adoptive parents exhibit significant biases in favor of girls and against...
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Cultural and economic integration of immigrant minorities : analytical framework and policy implications
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Justman, Moshe - 2023
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Acculturation, education, and gender roles : evidence from Canada
Kessler, Anke S.; Milligan, Kevin - 2019
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Immigrants are typically not evenly distributed within host countries; instead they tend to cluster in particular neighborhoods. But does clustering in ethnic enclaves help explain the persistent differences in employment rates and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical...
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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration
Schüller, Simone; Chakraborty, Tanika - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
Immigrants tend to live in clusters within host countries. Does clustering in ethnic enclaves explain the persistent differences in skill, employment rates, and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical studies consistently find that residing in an enclave can increase...
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