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A meta-analysis of the international gender wage gap
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
discrimination as it concerns differences in methodology, data, countries and time periods. We place particular emphasis on a proper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294503
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Same-sex teacher effects
de Gendre, Alexandra; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás; … - 2024
The idea that students benefit from same-sex teachers has motivated policies around the world aimed at reducing gender inequalities. However, we do not know the size or generalizability of such same-sex teacher effects. We fill this gap by conducting a meta-analysis and our own study using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536341
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A Jackknife Model Averaging analysis of RMB misalignment estimates
Cheung, Yin-Wong; Wang, Wenhao - 2019
We adopt the Jackknife Model Averaging (JMA) technique to conduct a meta-regression analysis of 925 renminbi (RMB) misalignment estimates generated by 69 studies. The JMA method accounts for model selection and sampling uncertainties, and allows for non-nested model specifications and...
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Assessing the New Keynesian Phillips Curve in the Euro Area Using Disaggregate Data
Norkute, Milda - 2013
There is no a priori reason to suppose that price-setting behaviour is homogeneous across sectors and countries. Aggregate data is, however, commonly used to estimate the New Keynesian Phillips curve (NKPC), which may very well yield erroneous results if price-setting behaviour is heterogeneous....
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Bayesian model selection: Application to adjustment of fundamental physical constants
Bodnar, Olha; Eriksson, Viktor - 2021
The location-scale model is usually present in physics and chemistry in connection to the Birge ratio method for the adjustment of fundamental physical constants such as the Planck constant or the Newtonian constant of gravitation, while the random effects model is the commonly used approach for...
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Same-sex role model effects in education
de Gendre, Alexandra; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás; … - 2023
We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of three million students in 90 countries. Both approaches show that role model effects on performance are, on average, small: 0.030 SD in the meta-analysis and 0.015 SD in our multi-country study. Going...
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Gender pay gaps in the former Soviet Union: A review of the evidence
Khitarishvili, Tamar - 2018
The goal of this paper is to examine the patterns and movements of the gender pay gaps in the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) and to place them in the context of advanced economies. We survey over 30 publications and conduct a meta-analysis of this literature. Gender pay gaps in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784689
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Do reported attitudes towards Immigrants predict ethnic discrimination?
Carlsson, Magnus; Eriksson, Stefan - 2012
Reported attitudes towards immigrants are sometimes used as a proxy for ethnic discrimination. However, there is little … empirical evidence of a link between attitudes and discrimination. In this paper, we use survey data on people's attitudes … towards immigrants combined with data on ethnic discrimination from a field experiment in the Swedish housing market to re …
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Stereotypes of physical appearance and labor market chances
Arai, Mahmood; Gartell, Marie; Rödin, Magnus; Özcan, … - 2016
Using an experimental setup involving 436 case workers at the Swedish Public Employment Service (SPES) as subjects and the profile photographs and recorded voices of 75 jobseekers as treatments, we report results indicating that male case workers tend to favor jobseekers perceived as having a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695403
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Jury discrimination in criminal trials
Anwar, Shamena; Bayer, Patrick; Hjalmarsson, Randi - 2010
with at least one black member. Using the Anwar-Fang rank order test, we find strong statistical evidence of discrimination …
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