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Gender and racial wage gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence using a matching comparisons approach

Marques Garcia, Luana; Ñopo, Hugo; Salardi, Paola - 2009

This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results … racial wage gaps, observable human capital characteristics account for most of the observed wage gaps, the observed gender …

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The determinants and consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands

Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - 2010

This paper studies the determinants and labor market consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands using direct data on the workers' actual wage requests. Our results show that most workers want a wage close to what they earned in their previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in...

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Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students: Evidence from Sweden

Lindahl, Erica - 2007

This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school … likely to obtain better test scores in Mathematics, when the share of teachers of the same gender as the student increases … teachers increases. The positive same-gender effect on test scores is counteracted by a negative assessment effect. That is …

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Comparing teachers' assessments and national test results: Evidence from Sweden

Lindahl, Erica - 2007

of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic …

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Wage structure and unionization in the US construction sector

Bilginsoy, Cihan - 2009

This paper estimates the union effects on the wage gap and dispersion in two pooled samples of construction craftworkers (CPS 1983-88 and 2000-05) using decomposition analysis and kernel density estimation. It shows that despite the decline in the adjusted union wage gap declined over time, the...

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Disability-based labour market inequalities

Pettinicchio, David; Maroto, Michelle - 2024

Despite changing attitudes around disability over time, people with disabilities still face large barriers to labour market participation. We apply a sociological framework that considers both supply- and demand-side explanations for labour market inequality to help understand the continuing...

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International Labour Force Participation Rates by Gender: Unit Root or Structural Breaks?

Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011

in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …

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Vacancy referrals, job search and the duration of unemployment: A randomized experiment

Engström, Per; Hesselius, Patrik; Holmlund, Bertil - 2009

One goal of the public employment service is to facilitate matching between unemployed job seekers and job vacancies; another goal is to monitor job search so as to bring search efforts among the unemployed in line with search requirements. The referral of job seekers to vacancies is one...

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Job search with bidder memories

Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Menzio, Guido; Smith, Eric - 2009

This paper revisits the no-recall assumption in job search models with take-it-or-leave-it offers. Workers who can recall previously encountered potential employers in order to engage them in Bertrand bidding have a distinct advantage over workers without such attachments. Firms account for this...

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The causal impact of social connections on firms' outcomes

Eliason, Marcus; Hensvik, Lena; Kramarz, Francis; … - 2017

The paper studies how social connections affect firm-level hiring decisions and performance. We characterize the social connections of firms' employees using register data and for causal identification we use job displacements, which create directed positive shocks towards connected firms by...

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