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Racial Discrimination and TESOL: A Qualitative Study on the Experiences EFL Teachers at a University Preparatory Year Programme in Saudi Arabia
Louber, Ismael - In: International Journal of Bias, Identity and Diversities … 2 (2017) 2, pp. 29-41
and environments, racial discrimination is a common phenomenon, especially in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Nonetheless … explore the relationship between teachers' construction of their ethnic and racial identities and issues of discrimination …
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The International Status of Migrant Workers: Freedom of Movement or Fear of Abuse?
Christopher, Elizabeth - In: International Journal of Interactive Communication … 8 (2018) 1, pp. 35-60
April 2018 marked the 50th anniversary month in the UK of Enoch Powell's “rivers of blood” speech, widely condemned for its anti-immigrant, racist rhetoric. Time has shown how wrong Powell was; and over the decades Britain has become more, not less, tolerant. The concept of workforce...
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Women in the Military Who Have Shattered the Glass Ceiling: A Phenomenological Study
Williams, Le Shanda Michelle; McGivern, Michael H. - In: International Journal of Strategic Information … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 1-20
Military women in key positions, despite their notable facts, remain low. While initiatives have added chances, women still experience gaps in opportunities and notoriety. This phenomenological study explored the practices and accounts of military women who shattered the glass ceiling. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047886
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A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China
Millimet, Daniel L; Wang, Le - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1
the distribution, but few differences in the upper tail, (ii) discrimination explains one-third to one-half of the total …
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Negative Self Selection into Self-employment among African Americans
Kawaguchi, Daiji - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1
Americans compared with whites. Both consumer discrimination and discrimination in the credit market, combined with anti-discrimination … theoretical predictions of consumer and credit market discrimination against African-American self-employed workers and confirms …
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An Experimental Investigation of Sexual Discrimination in Hiring in the English Labor Market
Riach, Peter A; Rich, Judith - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 2
discrimination in hiring. Two standard résumés were constructed for each occupation to control for all relevant supply-side variables …-side discrimination. Statistically significant discrimination against men was found in the `female occupation' - secretary, and against … women in the `male occupation' - engineer. Statistically significant, and unprecedented, discrimination against men was …
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Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches: Additional Theory and Evidence
Dharmapala, Dhammika; Ross, Stephen L - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 3 (2004) 1, pp. 1-21
show that the data is consistent with prejudice against African-American males, no prejudice, and reverse discrimination …
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A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China
Millimet, Daniel L; Wang, Le - In: Contributions in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2006) 1
the distribution, but few differences in the upper tail, (ii) discrimination explains one-third to one-half of the total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014587534
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After the Traffic Stops: Officer Characteristics and Enforcement Actions
Close, Billy R; Mason, Patrick L - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 1
Abstract This study examines the relationship between officer characteristics and racially biased policing. In particular, we explore the relationship between the officer's race/ethnicity and the nature and extent of excessive enforcement actions by race. We derive an efficient enforcement...
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The Informational Value of Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Furstenberg, Eric K - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1
Abstract This article develops a theoretical model of college admissions to investigate the effects of banning affirmative action admissions policies on the efficiency of the admissions process. Previous work in this area has shown that prohibiting affirmative action causes inefficiency when...
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