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You're Fired! The Causal Negative Effect of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Haisken-DeNew, John P. - 2008
an overall effect of unemployment, providing prima facie evidence of a reduced outside work option, large investments in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274365
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Distributional Changes in the Gender Wage Gap
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Sinning, Mathias - 2010
gender wage gap to assess the contribution of observed characteristics measuring individual productivity. We find that the … gender wage gap narrowed by more than 13 percent at the lowest decile and by less than 4 percent at the highest decile. The … decomposition results indicate that changes in the gender wage gap are mainly attributable to changes in educational attainment at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274424
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Competition and Gender Prejudice: Are Discriminatory Employers Doomed to Fail?
Weber, Andrea Maria; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277089
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Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
Weber, Andrea Maria; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277090
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Distributional Changes in the Gender Wage Gap
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Sinning, Mathias - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2010
gender wage gap to assess the contribution of observed characteristics measuring individual productivity. We fi nd that the … gender wage gap narrowed by more than 13 percent at the lowest decile and by less than 4 percent at the highest decile. The … decomposition results indicate that changes in the gender wage gap are mainly attributable to changes in educational attainment at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691992
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Competition and Gender Prejudice: Are Discriminatory Employers Doomed to Fail?
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509366
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Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2009
conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509378