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Dynamics and diversity: ethnic employment differences in England and Wales, 1991 - 2001
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen - 2005
This paper uses microdata from the 1991 and 2001 Population Censuses to examine differences in the employment … employment position of the main ethnic minority groups changed between the two Census dates and secondly, a detailed examination … of employment amongst ethnic groups in 2001. In relative terms, it is found that there was an improvement in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267616
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An experimental investigation of age discrimination in the English labor market
Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - 2007
-seven, inquired about employment as waiters; women aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment in retail sales. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268386
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The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK : Helping or Hindering Employment Amongst the Disabled?
Bell, David N.F.; Heitmüller, Axel - 2005
consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …, the DDA has had no impact on the employment rate of disabled people or possibly worsened it. Possible reasons for this are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274212
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Fat chance!: Obesity and the transition from unemployment to employment
Caliendo, Marco; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2011
training programs, we find some indications that they experienced worse (or at best similar) employment outcomes than healthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278446
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Convergence Over Time or Not? U.S. Wages by Sexual Orientation, 2001-2018
Jepsen, Christopher; Jepsen, Lisa - 2020
An extensive literature on labor-market outcomes by sexual orientation finds lower wages for gay men compared to heterosexual men and higher wages for lesbians compared to heterosexual women. Recent work looking over multiple time periods provides suggestive evidence, however, that the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270173
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435280
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Do Inclusive Education Policies Improve Employment Opportunities? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Agüero, Jorge M.; Galarza, Francisco; Yamada, Gustavo - 2020
In labor markets where disadvantaged students are discriminated against, meritbased college scholarships targeting these students could convey two opposing signals to employers. There is a positive signal reflecting the candidate's cognitive ability (talented in high-school and able to maintain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497873
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Ethnic Identity and Work
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959840
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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market
Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822650
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The Disability Discrimination Act in the UK: Helping or Hindering Employment Amongst the Disabled?
Bell, David; Heitmueller, Axel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
consequences on employment rates of disabled people. In contrast, the employment provision of the 1996 Disability Discrimination …, the DDA has had no impact on the employment rate of disabled people or possibly worsened it. Possible reasons for this are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822950