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Diving in the minds of recruiters: What triggers gender stereotypes in hiring?
Van Borm, Hannah; Baert, Stijn - 2022
We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these gender stereotypes in recruiters' minds varies by the...
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Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India
Rakshit, Sonali; Sahoo, Soham - 2020
students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender …
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Government Size and Economic Growth in an Endogenous Growth Model with Rent-seeking
Wadho, Waqar; Ayaz, Umair - 2017
We explore the relationship between government size and economic growth in an endogenous growth model with human … find a non-monotonic relationship between the size of government and economic growth. We find that with very high (low …) discounting, there is a unique low (high) growth equilibrium, regardless of the size of government. For the intermediate range of …
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Lobbying for Industrialization: Theory and Evidence
Veselov, Dmitry; Yarkin, Alexander - 2024
Industrial policies, such as infrastructure investments and export tariffs, affect the allocation of labor and incomes across sectors, attracting substantial lobbying efforts by special interest groups. Yet, the link between structural change and lobbying remains underexplored. Using more than...
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Divorce among European and Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.
Chiswick, Barry R.; Houseworth, Christina A. - 2019
This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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Son Preference and Human Capital Investment Among China’s Rural-Urban Migrant Households
Lin, Carl; Sun, Yan; Xing, Chunbing - 2018
We use several datasets to study whether son preference prevails in the human capital investment among Chinese rural-urban migrant households. We find that son preference exists among the rural migrants’ households and that it caused lower probabilities relative to that of their boy...
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Gender, culture and STEM: Counter-intuitive patterns in Arab society
Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Justman, Moshe - 2019
Arab society in Israel offers a counter-example, which calls into question the hypothesis that the male advantage in STEM decreases as gender equality in society increases. Analyzing administrative longitudinal data on students in Hebrew- and Arabic-language schools in Israel, all operating...
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English skills, labour market status and earnings of Turkish women
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - 2019
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the labour market outcomes of Turkish women, using data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007. By adopting a bivariate equation framework, we jointly model the effect of English skills on labour market status and,...
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What Does Someone’s Gender Identity Signal to Employers?
Van Borm, Hannah; Dhoop, Marlot; Van Acker, Allien; … - 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...
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A Broken Social Elevator? Employment Outcomes of First- and Second-generation Immigrants in Belgium
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2020
This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a...
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