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now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare women … traits, multivariate estimations and the decomposition of the gender career gap clearly indicate that these differences … cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. The decomposition shows that only 8.6 percent of the …
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are now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare … personality traits, multivariate estimations and the decomposition of the gender career gap clearly indicate that these … differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. The decomposition shows that only 8.6 percent of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466469
This paper discusses population aging, increased participation of seniors in the labor force in the United States (and reasons for this), and how these trends are making the struggles of older workers in the labor market increasingly relevant. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a...
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that the 'intersectionality' between gender and caste leads to increased gender inequality among professionals in India. … gender but with different castes and years of experience, we show that the differences in patients' physician choices are … consistent with gender-based statistical discrimination. Labor market experience cannot easily overcome the discrimination that …
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The study examines whether age intersects with gender and race during the initial stage of the hiring process and …
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In this paper we describe the hypothesis of effort-based career opportunities as a situation in which profit maximizing … firms create incentives for employees to work longer hours than the bargained ones, by making career prospects dependent on … working hours. When effortbased career opportunities are effective, they raise working time and output per worker reducing …
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This paper quantifies the long-run impact of exposure to youth minimum wages and sheds light on its mechanisms. It uses remarkable longitudinal data spanning for twenty years and explores legislative changes that define groups of teenagers exposed for different durations. After controlling for...
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We analyze a long-term contracting problem involving common uncertainty about a parameter capturing the productivity of the relationship, and featuring a hidden action for the agent. We develop an approach that works for any utility function when the parameter and noise are normally distributed...
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perceptions of telework on various life and career aspects, distinguishing between typical and extended telework during the COVID …
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percent over the course of an average career as compared to a small birth cohort counterpart. The loss in earnings is driven … would suggest. Second, career effects differ by relative age. Those born in early calendar months (January to April) are …
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