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The effect of the 2016 United States presidential election on employment discrimination
Gorzig, Marina Mileo; Rho, Deborah - 2020
We examine whether employment discrimination increased after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. We … difference between white and Somali American applicants increased by 8 percentage points. The increased discrimination … 2018 to test for seasonality in discrimination; there was no substantial increase in discrimination after the 2017 election. …
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How many correspondence tests are enough to detect discrimination among single agents? : a longitudinal study on the Belgian real estate market
Verhaeghe, Pieter-Paul; Van der Bracht, Koen - 2020
Correspondence tests have been used by scholars and civil rights organizations to measure ethnic discrimination. In … contrast to research testing covering a whole market through many discrimination tests, litigation testing typically targets a … methodological challenges to disentangle systematic discrimination from random treatment. This study examines from a purely …
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Public opinion and immigration : who favors employment discrimination against immigrants?
Cooray, Arusha; Marfouk, Abdeslam; Nazir, Maliha - 2018
respondents' preference for this form of discrimination. …
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Mental health consequences of working from home during the pandemic
Kim, Jun Hyung; Koh, Yu Kyung; Park, Jinseong - 2022
This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, with particular attention to the role of home environments. Using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796887
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Socioeconomic conditions in childhood and mental health later in life
Angelini, Viola; Mierau, Jochen O.; Viluma, Laura - 2021
This chapter provides a narrative review of the literature relating socioeconomic circumstances early in life to mental health and well-being later in life. It starts by highlighting the various contributions focusing on associations, then moves on to the literature attempting to identify causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012513968
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Mental health consequences of working from home during the pandemic
Kim, Jun Hyung; Koh, Yu Kyung; Park, Jinseong - 2021
This paper examines the effects of working from home on mental health, using unique real time survey data from South Korea collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that working from home negatively affects the mental health of workers in the first half of 2020. Furthermore, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650393
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The effect of repeated lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic on UK mental health outcomes
Lindley, Joanne; Rienzo, Cinzia - 2021
This paper assesses the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown measures on the mental health of individuals in the UK, starting from the early restrictions in April 2020, and covering three subsequent lockdowns, up until March 2021. It also considers three aspects of mental health; that is 'anxiety and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012659560
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Social rejection, family acceptance, economic recession and physical and mental health of sexual minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Utilizing two panel datasets covering the periods 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, the study examines whether social rejection, family acceptance, and economic conditions bear an association with self-rated physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Social rejection bears a negative association...
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Leveraging technology to promote women's health : evidence from a pilot program
Ahmad, Hamna; Hussain, Sadia; Nazif, Muhammad Ahmed - 2021
We investigate the causal impact of offering telehealth services to female microfinance borrowers on their health and bargaining power in the household. Using a balanced panel of 1218 female borrowers, we observe a positive impact of offering telehealth services on self-reported physical and...
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Do refugees with better mental health better integrate? : evidence from the building a new life in Australia longitudinal survey
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Trong Anh Trinh; Verme, Paolo - 2021
Hardly any evidence currently exists on the causal effects of mental illness on refugee labor market outcomes. We offer the first study on this topic in the context of Australia, one of the host countries with the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Analyzing the Building a New...
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