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Economics of minority groups: labour market returns and transmission of indigenous languages
Fuente Stevens, Diego de la; Pelkonen, Panu - 2021
This study demonstrates a series of links between minority language skills, their economic return and their … indigenous groups, retaining the minority language along with Spanish increases employment opportunities. Furthermore, we show … children, controlling for other factors. Overall, this study shows that the continuity of minority languages across generations …
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Employment discrimination against indigenous peoples in the United States : evidence from a field experiment
Button, Patrick; Walker, Brigham - 2019
We conducted a resume correspondence experiment to measure discrimination in hiring faced by Indigenous Peoples in the United States (Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). We sent employers realistic resumes for common jobs (retail sales, kitchen staff, server, janitor, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977924
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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
assigned at birth. Our results demonstrate the precarious economic position of gender minority populations in America. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168059
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Are immigrant and minority homeownership rates gaining ground in the US?
Chakrabarty, Durba; Osei, Michael J.; Winters, John V.; … - 2017
relative to white non-Hispanic natives. Some other immigrant and minority groups also made gains relative to white non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011672863
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Excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness among status Indians in Canada
Akee, Randall; Feir, Donna - 2016
In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594689
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When do nations tax? : the adoption of property tax codes by First Nations in Canada
Feir, Donna; Jones, Maggie; Scoones, W. David - 2022
Recent changes in Canadian legislation have enabled First Nations to adopt property taxation and other forms of taxation on reserves, thereby allowing them to directly finance their local governments through local tax revenues. In this paper, we compile data on the passage of First Nations tax...
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American Indian casinos and Native American self-identification
Antman, Francisca M.; Duncan, Brian - 2023
This paper links Native American racial self-identification with the rise in tribal gaming across the United States. We find that state policy changes allowing tribes to open casinos are associated with an increase in the probability that individuals with American Indian ancestors will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499366
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The survival of unique corporate cultures
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2016
the candidate and in the second case, executives who support the firm's culture constitute a minority of available …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457359
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In god we learn? : religions' universal messages, context-specific effects, and minority status
Méon, Pierre-Guillaume; Tojerow, Ilan - 2016
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517675