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, nationally representative Bulgaria Integrated Household Survey, I examine whether gender discrimination is an important factor … determining the gap in wages between men and women and the extent to which gender discrimination affects wage inequality. I model … of this differential is due to discrimination, or more precisely, due to differences in how men and women are rewarded …
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Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
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collective bargaining relationship, discrimination, human capital, and unemployment. From the course home page: Course …, immigration, incentives, discrimination, unemployment and unemployment insurance. …
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This paper inquires whether informal workers (self-employed and salaried employed) have incentives forinformality as modern approaches have suggested. We analyse the job flows of Mexico, as observed throughfour waves of a comprehensive survey conducted at household level between years 2001 and...
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"Within the global framework of Sustainable Development, NTFPs (Non-timber Forest Products) draw a great deal of attentions from scholars. However, previous literature and research has mainly placed emphasis on how commercialization of NTFPs contributed to forest management and local livelihood...
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The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality rates (IMRs) for African-Americans. The conceptual framework for this study is derived from Richard Wilkinson's psychosocial environment interpretation of the income inequality and...
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The influence of intangibility on ethnic minority consumers' choice of service providers is reflected in their use of information sources, choice criteria, motivation for switching and valuation of provider attributes. This is examined by drawing from survey responses given by members of a...
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entrepreneurship as a subject of research becomes even more complex. The increase in numbers of immigrants in most advanced economies …. More precisely, the self-employment structure of immigrants to Germany changed tremendously since the 1970s. For instance …, in the early 1970s only 40,000 immigrants were registered performing self-employment activities, and their businesses …
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immigrants to the U.S. whose entry wages fall short of those of comparable natives because their human capital accumulated in … focused almost exclusively on male immigrants. Chapter Three extends the previous research to the population of female … immigrants by examining changes across cohorts in their labor market skills, as measured by their English proficiency …
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In recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as the principal drivers of economic growth, this paper focuses on the human attributes that govern the behavior of the entrepreneur and the societal perceptions that influence the human environment in which the entrepreneur...
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