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In this paper, I show that occupations in South Africa are segregated and stratified not only by race, but also by … gender segregation and stratification, with women and men entering occupations previously dominated by the other gender …
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We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i … US has been accompanied by a deeper, longer reduction in gender stratification. We further investigate the role of … workers' characteristics, showing that gender differences cannot explain the levels of segregation/stratification in any year …
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analysis of the evolution that occurred after the end of apartheid shows that the gap might have increased, especially in the …
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Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation … started to decline towards the end of apartheid, they increased (against all expectations) in the immediate post …
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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach for addressing group-based inequalities along ethnic, religious, and racial lines (e.g. horizontal inequalities). It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in...
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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach to addressing group-based inequalities. It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in the areas of, for instance, university enrolment, public employment, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635280
, for use in economics experiments. I then compare IAT score to dictator giving and sorting as a necessary test of its …
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, covering the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. We use these data to provide a broad baseline about job duration in South … market segmentation in South Africa. The influence of apartheid-era labour market policy on restricting the freedom of …
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Population density gradients for South Africa's cities are quite small in absolute value, indicating a relatively flat population distribution across the cities. In contrast employment is less flatly distributed than the population. The relationship between employment densities and distance...
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reducing inequality. We present a machine-learning analysis based on household survey data in the Post-Apartheid Labour Market …
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