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Discrimination, entrepreneurship, and the economics of being Arab and believing in Islam in America
Wright Jnr, J.W. - 1995
The author looks for measures of economic discrimination that exist againstand within the Arab-American and Arab immigrant economy. However, thefocus is on the economic impacts of intra-group conflicts between Muslimsand Christians (and social distance from Palestinians) in the...
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A Comparison of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China’s Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - 2005
Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China’s transition—both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476692
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Culture and context: an empathic study of the needs of ethnic consumers in the UK
Taylor, Shena Parthab; Nicolle, C.A.; Maguire, Martin - 2010
This paper describes a fresh approach to gathering rich data from ethnic minority consumers (EMCs) to better understand the affects of variations across subgroups upon consumers. The study investigated whether an EMC group in the UK face any barriers in the take-up of products or services....
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PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND SEGREGATION IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED AND SPECIALTY CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS IN IOWA
Miranowski, John A.; Jensen, Helen H.; Batres-Marquez, … - 2004
An important dimension of product differentiation and segregation for specialty crops is the added handling and …
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Who pays the costs of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation?
Desquilbet, Marion; Bullock, David S. - 2002
and market segregation. We represent explicitly the costs of non-GMO segregation and identity preservation (IP) for both … segregation in the European Union (EU). We analyze how the costs of IP are distributed among heterogenous producers, handlers and …
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Residential Segregation in General Equilibrium
Bayer, Patrick; McMillan, Robert; Rueben, Kim - 2004
This paper studies the causes and consequences of racial segregation using a new general equilibrium model that treats … carrying out counterfactual simulations that shed light on the causes and consequences of segregation. In terms of causes, and … result in significant reductions in racial segregation, as minority households would sort into newly formed minority …
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Labor market imperfections: effects on occupational injuries and earnings
Germiniasi, Andrea - 2010
gender segregation across industries. These additional findings suggest that discriminatory hiring practices are likely to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460812
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KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION – NEW FACTORS OF PRODUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
COCALIA (CRÄ‚CIUN), Mirela Alina - 2015
The present article has as a starting point the phenomenon of globalization, so debated worldwide today. Along this work, we have tried offer a departure point, motivated of what the phenomenon of globalization means in economical context. Thus, we debate problems of major interest like:...
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Kultur und Entwicklung
Brühl, Dieter (contributor) - 2011
In dieser Untersuchung werden Grundfragen des Verhältnisses von Kultur und Entwicklung und der Rolle von Familiensystemen für die damit verbundenen Prozesse ebenso diskutiert, wie praktische Überlegungen zu kulturstützenden Systemen der Finanzierung von Entwicklungsprojekten und der...
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