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Ethnic identity and work
Constant, Amelie - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
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Household asset holding diversification in Australia
Mariotti, Francesco; Mumford, Karen; Pena-Boquete, Yolanda - 2014
We explore asset holding diversification by Australian households, in particular, the household asset diversification … lower extent of, asset holding diversification. …
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Racial discrimination in the US labor market : employment and wage differentials by skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Bradley, Jake; Tarasonis, Linas - 2014
In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … high-skill workers. In this paper we show that a model of employer taste-based discrimination in a labor market …
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Ethnicity and gender in the labour market in Central and South East Europe
O'Higgins, Shane Niall - 2013
attention concerns the 'double' discrimination facing Roma women. Not only do Roma women face poorer employment and wage … most from transition to the market. Still today, nearly forty years after the introduction of the EU's 1975 Discrimination … above – and employment rates and wages far below – those of majority populations. One issue which has received relatively …
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Convergence over time or not? : U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2001-2018
Jepsen, Christopher; Jepsen, Lisa K. - 2020
of anti-discrimination policies and rising overall tolerance by Americans is concerning. …
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The gender wage gap in developed countries
Kunze, Astrid - 2017
developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …
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Do inclusive education policies improve employment opportunities? : evidence from a field experiment
Agüero, Jorge M.; Galarza, Francisco; Yamada, Gustavo - 2020
In labor markets where disadvantaged students are discriminated against, meritbased college scholarships targeting these students could convey two opposing signals to employers. There is a positive signal reflecting the candidate's cognitive ability (talented in high-school and able to maintain...
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Works councils and organizational gender policies in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2019
While education and labor force participation of women have been increased, there is still a substantial gender gap in labor market opportunities. This gives rise to the question of what factors lead employers to promote work-family balance and gender equality. We address this question by...
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Labour as a buffer : do temporary workers suffer?
Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - 2002
In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a "buffer stock" model of temporary work that suggests a number of reasons why ethnic minorities and women may be more likely to be on...
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Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard
Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - 2019
The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school makes admissions decisions. Using publicly released reports, we examine the preferences Harvard gives for recruited athletes, legacies, those on the dean's interest list, and...
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