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A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Market Performance of University‐Educated Immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : Does Policy Matter?
Clarke, Andrew James - 2018
influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926700
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What Does Someone's Gender Identity Signal to Employers?
Van Borm, Hannah - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839059
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'It's Not that I'm a Racist', it's that They are Roma : Roma Discrimination and Returns to Education in South Eastern Europe
O'Higgins, Niall - 2015
, employment and wages for Roma and non-Roma. LIML methods are employed to control for endogenous schooling and two sources of … extent of discrimination. The key results are that: the employment returns to education are lower for Roma than for non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039454
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Rubble Women : The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2011
postwar reconstruction and mandatory employment on women's labor market outcomes. We combine a unique dataset on city …. Using difference-in-difference and instrumental-variable strategies, we find that postwar mandatory employment reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117838
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Dynamics in Health and Employment : Evidence from Indonesia
Mani, Subha - 2016
recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … to an increase in the probability of leaving employment, while recoveries increase the probability of returning to work … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981510
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Fetal Malnutrition and Academic Success : Evidence from Muslim Immigrants in Denmark
Greve, Jane - 2015
This paper examines the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the academic proficiency of Muslim students in Denmark. We account for the endogeneity of fetal malnutrition by using the exposure to the month of Ramadan during time in utero as a natural experiment, under the assumption that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015026
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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764669
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Social Norms and Teenage Smoking : The Dark Side of Gender Equality
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2016
This paper is the first to provide evidence that cultural attitudes towards gender equality affect behaviors with potentially devastating health consequences, and that they do so differently for male and female teenagers. In particular, we show that descending from more gender-equal societies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984862
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Immigrant Selection Systems and Immigrant Health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew L.; Miller, Paul W. - 2021
This paper is an analysis of the determinants of self-reported health status of immigrants, with a particular focus on type of visa used to gain admission. The concept of "health capital" and an immigrant selection and adjustment model are employed. The empirical analysis uses the three waves of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317406
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Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women
Averett, Susan L. - 2017
States are increasingly resorting to raising the minimum wage to boost the earnings of those at the bottom of the income distribution. In this paper, we examine the effects of minimum wage increases on the health of low-educated Hispanic women, who constitute a growing part of the U.S. labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948666