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We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...
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assigned at birth. Our results demonstrate the precarious economic position of gender minority populations in America. …
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relative to white non-Hispanic natives. Some other immigrant and minority groups also made gains relative to white non …
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the candidate and in the second case, executives who support the firm's culture constitute a minority of available …
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second step, we relate the sign of the impact of a denomination in a country to whether the denomination is a minority in … that country. We find that denominations that are a minority in a country are more likely to be associated with a higher … of denominations on educational outcomes. The finding of the second step is moreover robust to defining minority …
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findings of the study suggest, among others, that minority group status is important in characterising job separations …
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the relative size of a minority in a given region. In particular, I argue that inter-ethnic social distance disadvantages … smaller ethnic groups in human capital acquisition and that these efficiency differentials systematically expose minority and … majority individuals to different incentives as concerns their choice of skills. As a result, minority and majority individuals …
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stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority students' demand for, as well as … opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university level. The reform that we consider obligated all minority students …, including those studying in public schools with a full cycle of education in minority languages, to take a standardized school …
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More unaccompanied refugee children arrive to and get a residence permit in Sweden than in any other country in Europe. The number of children who arrives is increasing fast. The Swedish experiences are therefore of great interest also for other countries. In this paper we study the labour...
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leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more … results do not apply for non-minority students. -- STEM majors ; minorities ; college graduation …
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