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Linkedout? : a field experiment on discrimination in job network formation

Evsyukova, Yulia; Rusche, Felix; Mill, Wladislaw - 2024

We assess the impact of discrimination on Black individuals’ job networks across the U.S. using a two-stage field experiment with 400+ fictitious LinkedIn profiles. In the first stage, we vary race via AI-generated images only and find that Black profiles’ connection requests are 13 percent...

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Who is covered and who underreports : an empirical analysis of access to social insurance on the Egyptian labor market

Roushdy, Rania; Selwaness, Irene - 2017

This paper investigates the dynamics and determinants of having access to social insurance coverage on the Egyptian labor market among wage and non-wage workers. The paper explores two issues: the worker- and enterprise- level determinants of having access to social insurance and the risk of...

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Marginalized agency or agency at the margins : domestic workers and informality

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Lavee, Einat - 2025

This paper explores informality in a high income country among women who, at least legally, can take on formal jobs … informality. Using rich administrative data, we identify and characterize domestic workers and their labor market histories and … estimate the prevalence and degree of informality. We complement this analysis with a qualitative analysis of interviews with …

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The impact of early marriage on women's employment in the Middle East and North Africa

Asʿad, Rāǧī; Krafft, Caroline; Selwaness, Irene - 2017

Marriage is a central stage in the transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different types of work are affected by early marriage (defined as...

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The evolution of inequality in Latin America in the 21st century : what are the patterns, drivers and causes?

Bogliacino, Francesco; Rojas Lozano, Daniel - 2017

In this article, we show the evolution of inequality for the largest economies of the Latin American region in the 21st century, with separate consideration of income and wealth. We analyse the drivers of the changes in inequality and possible underlying causes, including the role of the new...

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Theory and empirics of short-time work : a review

Bermudez, Natalia; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Tarullo, Giulia - 2023

Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...

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The impact of short- and long-term participation tax rates on labor supply

Bartels, Charlotte; Pestel, Nico - 2015

Generous income support programs as provided by European welfare states have often been blamed to hamper employment. This paper investigates the importance of incentives inherent in the tax-benefit system for the individual decision to take up work. Using German microdata over the period...

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The effect of unemployment insurance benefits on (self-)employment : two sides of the same coin?

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Hansch, Michelle - 2021

Although a meaningful percentage of firms are created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment insurance (UI) generosity for selfemployment. By using...

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Unemployment benefit duration and startup success

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Murmann, Martin - 2020

Despite the importance of business creation for the economy and a relevant share of new firms being started out of unemployment, most research has focused on analyzing the effect of unemployment insurance (UI) policies on reemployment outcomes that ignore self-employment. In this paper, we...

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The effect of unemployment insurance benefits on (self-)employment : two sides of the same coin?

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Hansch, Michelle - 2020

Although a relevant share of firms is created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment insurance (UI) generosity for self-employment. By using...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314595