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Gender Gaps and the Structure of Local Labor Markets
Petrongolo, Barbara - 2020
In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836583
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ORU Analyses of Immigrant Earnings in Australia, with International Comparisons
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
-than-perfect international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155570
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Perceptions and Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants in Australia after 9/11
Goel, Deepti - 2009
religious and racial intolerance and discrimination relative to other immigrants. Further, I do not find evidence that after 9 …I examine whether after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Muslim immigrants and immigrants who fit the Muslim … Arab stereotype in Australia perceive a greater increase in religious and racial intolerance and discrimination compared to …
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When Do Gender Wage Differences Emerge? A Study of Azerbaijan's Labor Market
Pastore, Francesco - 2016
Building on recent analyses that find a sizeable, overall gender wage gap in Azerbaijan's workforce, this paper uses data on young workers in their early years in the labor market to understand how gender wage gaps evolve over time, if at all. Using a unique database from a survey of young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001300
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Pay and Job Rank Amongst Academic Economists in the UK : Is Gender Relevant?
Mumford, Karen - 2019
This article presents and explores a rich new data source to analyse the determinants of pay and job rank amongst academic Economists in the UK. Characteristics associated with individual productivity and workplace features are found to be important determinants of the relative wage and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868008
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Just Like a Woman? New Comparative Evidence on the Gender Income Gap Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Blunch, Niels-Hugo - 2018
gap is left unexplained.In sum, these results are consistent with the presence of income discrimination towards females …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918227
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Gender Differences in Earnings and Labor Supply in Early Career : Evidence from Kosovo's School-to-Work Transition Survey
Pastore, Francesco - 2013
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079732
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Disability and Job Mismatches in the Australian Labour Market
Jones, Melanie K. - 2011
We examine the relationship between disability, job mismatch, earnings and job satisfaction, using panel estimation on data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2008). While we do not find any relationship between work-limiting disability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117834
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Complements or Substitutes? Task Specialization by Gender and Nativity in Spain
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2009
' origin, the literature has traditionally treated male and female immigrants as a homogenous group when examining the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157038
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Voting Patterns and the Gender Wage Gap
Adnan, Wifag - 2018
Striving for gender equality presents major challenges but the benefits are vast, ranging from reduced conflict, both within and between communities, to higher economic growth. Unfortunately, Israel's gender wage gap remains one of the highest among developed countries, despite a growing reverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929102