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Vernon, Victoria - EconWPA - 2002

This paper applies parametric and nonparametric techniques to the most recent data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) 1992- 2000 and shows the returns to schooling increased over the course of transition, overall and for attainment cohorts neither at the top nor bottom of the...

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Negative Stereotypes and Willingness to Change Them: Testing Theories of Discrimination in South Africa

Aguero, Jorge - EconWPA - 2005

This paper proposes a new test to distinguish between the two leading theories of discrimination: preference versus information. Discrimination based on preferences occurs when people behave as if they refuse to change their stereotypes about the capabilities of discriminated individuals. Those...

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Why Are Racial And Ethnic Wage Gaps Larger For Men Than For Women? Exploring The Role Of Segregation Using The New Worker-Establishment Characteristics Database

Bayard, Kimberly; Hellerstein, Judith; Neumark, David; … - EconWPA - 1999

the patterns of racial and ethnic segregation within occupation, industry, establishments and occupation …-establishment cells. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to examine segregation by race and ethnicity at the level of … establishment and job cell. Our results indicate that greater segregation between Hispanic men and white men than between Hispanic …

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What's in a Name?

Aura, Saku; Hess, Gregory D. - EconWPA - 2004

Plenty. This paper analyzes two broad questions: Does your first name matter? And how did you get your first name anyway? Using data from the National Opinion Research Center’s (NORC's) General Social Survey, including access to respondent’s first names from the 1994 and 2002 surveys, we...

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Evolution, Green Beards, And Skin Hue Wage Discrimination

Price, Gregory N. - EconWPA - 1996

This paper provides an evolutionary rationale for both interracial and intraracial wage differentials by examining the implications of white employers mediating their employer-employee relationships on the basis of genetic similarity. If in organized labor markets, relationships mediated through...

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On the Measurement of Segregation

Echenique, Federico; Roland G. Fryer Jr. - EconWPA - 2005

This paper develops a measure of segregation based on two premises: (1) a measure of segregation should disaggregate to … interacts. Developing three desirable axioms that any segregation measure should satisfy, we prove that one and only one … segregation index satisfies our three axioms, and the two aims mentioned above; which we coin the Spectral Segregation Index. We …

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Segregación ocupacional de la mujer en el mercado de trabajo del Uruguay (1986-1997)

Rossi, Maximo; Ferre, Zuleika - EconWPA - 2004

El principal objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la evolución de la segregación ocupacional por género en Uruguay y en particular si esta evolución estuvo asociada a la tendencia en el diferencial de salarios entre hombres y mujeres. Existe un alto nivel de segregación en Uruguay y no...

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Racial Discrimination in the Brazilian Labour Market: Wage, Employment and Segregation Effects

Jean-Louis, Arcand; d'Hombres, Béatrice - EconWPA - 2005

Domicílios (PNAD), this paper fills this void by analysing ethnic wage and employment gaps, as well as sectoral segregation in …

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Migration, Labor Market Flexibility, and Wage Determination in China: A Review

Zhao, Zhong - EconWPA - 2005

interaction between migration and labor market evolution, with special reference to labor market segregation, labor market …

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