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Detecting Discrimination in Audit and Correspondence Studies

Neumark, David - 2010

Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear … unobservable determinants of productivity can still generate spurious evidence of discrimination in either direction. This paper … shows how to recover an unbiased estimate of discrimination when the correspondence study includes variation in applicant …

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Bias and Discrimination : What Do We Know?

Della Giusta, Marina; Bosworth, Steven - 2021

The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and stereotyping; the incorporation of these insights into current theoretical and empirical research in economics, and the literature on methods to contrast bias presenting...

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What Do Field Experiments of Discrimination in Markets Tell Us? A Meta Analysis of Studies Conducted Since 2000

Rich, Judith - 2014

Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were … surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were …-Americans in US housing remained significant. Higher prices were quoted to minority applicants buying products. More information …

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Earnings Over the Lifecycle:The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications

Polachek, Solomon W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In 1958 Jacob Mincer pioneered an important approach to understand how earnings aredistributed across the population. In the years since Mincers seminal work, he as well as hisstudents and colleagues extended the original human capital model, reaching importantconclusions about a whole array...

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Social Determinants of Labor Market Status ofEthnic Minorities in Britain

Kahanec, Martin; Mendola, Mariapia - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The labor market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advanced societies and their dependenceon social relationships and membership in social networks are important empirical issueswith significant policy consequences...

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Comparative Advantage or Discrimination?Studying Male-Female Wage DifferentialsUsing Displaced Workers

Kunze, Astrid; Troske, Kenneth R. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In this paper we empirically examine differences in search behavior between men andwomen. We assess hypotheses regarding duration of search, wages and tenure. Thehypotheses are derived from two models: the equilibrium search model with discriminatoryfirms by Black (1995) and an opportunity cost...

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Assessing the Importance of Male and FemalePart-Time Work for the Gender Earnings Gap in Britain

Mumford, Karen; Smith, Peter N. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This study examines the role of individual characteristics, occupation, industry, region, andworkplace characteristics in accounting for differences in hourly earnings between men andwomen in full and part-time jobs in Britain. A four-way gender-working time split (male fulltimers,male...

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Unequal Chances on the Transitional Labor Market:The Case of the Netherlands

Bijwaard, Govert E.; Veenman, Justus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The emergence of a transitional labor market offers new opportunities to workers, but at thesame time bears the risk of (new) inequalities. This paper deals with unequal chances on thetransitional labor market in the Netherlands, in particular for workers from the four largestimmigrant groups:...

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The 'Mighty Girl' Effect : Does Parenting Daughters Alter Attitudes Towards Gender Roles?

Borrell-Porta, Mireia; Costa-Font, Joan; Philipp, Julia - 2022

Understanding the malleability of gender norms is crucial to address gender inequalities. We study the effect of parenting daughters on a gender role attitude relating to the traditional male breadwinner model: whether the husband should earn and the wife stay at home. We control for other...

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Accounting for Firms in Ethnicity Wage Gaps Throughout the Earnings Distribution

Phan, Van; Singleton, Carl; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; … - 2022

Ethnicity wage gaps in Great Britain are large and have persisted over time. Previous studies of these gaps have been almost exclusively confined to analyses of household data, so they could not account for the role played by individual employers, despite growing evidence of their wage-setting...

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