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, that frictions (sand-in-the-wheels) may decrease unemployment and that the equilibrium is determined by two simple …
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Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race …, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter …
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This paper examines the bias arising from individuals' migration from administrative outcome data, with a focus on the labor market consequences of postsecondary education. We find that out-of-state migration is particularly problematic for high-earners, flagship graduates, and certain majors....
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Past work has documented significant occupational segregation between Black and white workers in the U.S. labor force. Little work, however, has examined racial occupational segregation in recent years or by levels of education and then at the intersection of education and race. In this paper,...
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statistical discrimination. We adapt this theoretical characterization to develop a novel empirical test, the rejection of which … we interpret as evidence of taste-based discrimination. In doing so, we provide a theoretical foundation via which the …-based discrimination. We provide a proof of concept application using Census and NLSY-79 data, which suggests taste-based discrimination at …
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In this paper we review research findings from the 1980s and early 1990s on race and gender pay gaps. In addition. we present some evidence from the Current Population Surveys (1972, 1982 and 1989) regarding the impact of shifts in the industrial composition of employment and in interindustry...
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-generation immigrants and the second-generation consisting of the US-born children of immigrants. Continued progress beyond the second …-generation descendants of Hispanic immigrants often do not self-identify as Hispanic when they come from families with mixed ethnic origins …
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We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks...
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Correspondence studies have found evidence of age discrimination in callback rates for older workers, but less is known … hiring of older workers as direct age discrimination in hiring …
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