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residential areas are more likely to report discrimination because of their ethnic background. This applies to both segregated … most neighbors are immigrants from other countries of origin. The results suggest that housing discrimination rather than …
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We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the …
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We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the …
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. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, sending out approx. 9,000 job …
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We study innovation contests with asymmetric information and identical contestants, where contestants’ efforts and innate abilities generate inventions of varying qualities. The designer offers a reward to the contestant achieving the highest quality and receives the revenue generated by the...
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explanations for the height-wage premium. Another possible mechanism, employer discrimination, has found little support. In this … paper, we provide some evidence in favor of the discrimination hypothesis. Using a cross section of 13 countries, we show … interpret this result as evidence of employer discrimination in favor of taller workers. Our results are consistent with the …
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According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female … discrimination, i.e. a low share of female employees relatively to the industry average, have significantly shorter survival rates …
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newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first …
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Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the relative earnings of Muslims outside the US. However, the results …
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it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …
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