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Which Mexicans Are white? : enumerator-assigned race in the 1930 Census and the socioeconomic integration of Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2023
The authors explore unique complete-count data from the 1930 Census in which a respondent's race was assigned by …-Mexican race - predominantly "white" - to U.S.-born individuals of Mexican ancestry. As a result, using enumerator-assigned race to …
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The impacts of COVID-19 on minority unemployment : first evidence from April 2020 CPS microdata
Couch, Kenneth A.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Xu, Huanan - 2020
COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...
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Changing ingroup boundaries: the effect of immigration on race relations in the US
Fouka, Vasiliki; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of other minorities as in- or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517506
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Colorism and immigrant earnings in the United States, 2015-2024
Hersch, Joni - 2024
similar to that found using 2003 data on individual immigrants. Controls for extensive labor market characteristics and race … and ethnicity does not eliminate the negative effect of darker skin tone on wages. Color discrimination lawsuits in light …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015083773
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Diasporas and conflict
Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544003
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Economic outcomes for transgender people and other gender minorities in the United States : first estimates from a nationally representative sample
Carpenter, Christopher; Lee, Maxine J.; Nettuno, Laura - 2022
We provide the literature's first estimates of economic outcomes for transgender people and other gender minorities in the United States using nationally representative data from the Household Pulse Survey. We find that transgender women - individuals who were assigned male at birth but who...
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Are immigrant and minority homeownership rates gaining ground in the US?
Chakrabarty, Durba; Osei, Michael J.; Winters, John V.; … - 2017
This paper investigates post-2000 trends in homeownership rates in the US by immigrant status, race, and ethnicity …
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Strike three : umpires' demand for discrimination
Parsons, Christopher A.; Sulaeman, Johan; Yates, Michael C. - 2008
the umpire and pitcher match race/ethnicity. This effect only exists where there is little scrutiny of umpires' behavior … cannot determine the outcome of the at-bat. If a pitcher shares the home-plate umpire's race/ethnicity, he gives up fewer …
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The role of race and birth place in welfare usage among comparable women : evidence from the US
Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo; Oyolola, Maharouf - 2011
possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … ; race ; ethnicity ; birth place ; black ; welfare ; immigrant status … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
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"Can't get enough" : prejudice, contact jobs and the racial wage gap in the US
Laouénan, Morgane - 2014
The wage gap between African-Americans and white Americans is substantial in the US and has slightly narrowed over the past 30 years. Today, blacks have almost achieved the same educational level as whites. There is reason to believe that discrimination driven by prejudice plays a part in...
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