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that such a concept of racism is not very helpful in understanding actual patterns of discrimination. Phenotype, ethnicity …In recent debates on "race" and "racism", a broad definition has emerged that encompasses phenotypic appearance as well … core element of this holistic concept of racism. On the basis of labor market and survey experiments, this article shows …
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How happy are first-generation immigrants in Germany today? How do patterns of formal or informal discrimination affect … subjective well-being of immigrants has declined continuously between 1984 and 2008. Social discrimination has a negative effect …
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Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment significantly reduce economic … growth. The combined 'costs' of education and employment gaps in Middle East and North Africa and South Asia amount …
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Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive …
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Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of height and beauty …
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to livelihood, employment, old age, etc., and an increase in income inequality. The majority of economists and …
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In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...
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We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
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women who serve in such disproportionate numbers. This paper investigates the civilian employment experiences of female … evaluate the employment experiences of female veterans. Second, data from an audit study of civilian hiring practices provides … force attachment. Only white women show slightly lower rates of employment (among those in the labor force), while black …
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, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of … objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …
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