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Social Identity and Perceived Income Adequacy

Goel, Deepti; Deshpande, Ashwini - 2018

Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …

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Social Identity and Aspiration - Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality? Evidence from Rural India

Sarkar, Sudipa; Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Lyonette, Clare - 2020

) - have significantly lower income aspiration when compared to Other Backward Class (OBC) and Other Caste (OC) participants … their lower income aspiration levels, in comparison with all other groups. Thus, our results support the hypothesis of …

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The Impact of Immigration and Integration Policies On Immigrant-Native Labor Market Hierarchies

Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin; Mýtna Kureková, Lucia - 2022

Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. While significant resources have been invested in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to...

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Moving Policies Toward Racial and Ethnic Equality: The Case of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Jales, Hugo B.; Liu, Judith; … - 2023

We analyze the role played by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in alleviating or exacerbating inequality across racial and ethnic groups in food expenditures and in the resources needed to meet basic food needs (the "food resource gap"). To do this, we propose a simple...

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Wage Differences Between Immigrants and Natives in Austria: The Role of Literacy Skills

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Gnan, Phillipp - 2017

This paper analyzes wage differences between natives and immigrants in Austria. First, we show that for both groups, literacy skills are an important determinant of the hourly wage. In the second step, we show that differences in proficiency with respect to literacy can explain more than three...

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Social Identity and STEM Choice: Evidence from Higher Secondary Schooling in India

Kumar, Anand; Sahoo, Soham - 2021

This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...

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Transitioning towards more equality? Wealth gender differences and the changing role of explanatory factors over time

Sierminska, Eva; Piazzalunga, Daniela; Grabka, Markus M. - 2018

Germany over the period 2002-2012. In particular, we analyze the role of changes in labor supply, permanent income, portfolio … analyses, a diminishing role of permanent income is observed, due both to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent … income and in gender differences in its returns. Overall, the evidence points to more equal wealth accumulation both in terms …

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