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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors … model estimates confirm that gender-based pay discrimination is small in the government sector in Egypt and quite high by … ; wage decomposition ; gender wage gap …
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Why is there a gender earnings gap in self-employment? : a decomposition analysis with German data
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-25
Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in … robust segregation effects. Working time flexibility and career aspirations do not seem to contribute much to the gender … differently. -- earnings differential ; gender pay gap ; Germany ; self-employment …
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From the bottom to the top: a more complete picture of the immigrant-native wage gap in Britain
Hunt, Priscillia - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
This paper investigates wage assimilation of foreign-born male workers in Britain over the period 1993 to 2009. Using Labour Force Survey data, the paper employs a methodology (Blinder-Oaxaca quantile regressions) to decompose the immigrant-native wage differential at the mean and across the...
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The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity
Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sander, Seth G.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
A standard object of empirical analysis in labor economics is a modified Mincer wage function in which an individual’s log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live and work in different locations (thus facing different...
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Raining stones? : female immigrants in the Spanish labour market
Antòn, José-Ignacio; Bustillo, Rafael Muñoz de; … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 1, pp. 53-86
migrant women: gender and migrant condition. Our findings suggest that migrant women do face this double disadvantage. In both … differential, although human capital endowments play a relevant role, both the unexplained earnings penalty associated with gender …
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Frauen tragen immer mehr zum gemeinsamen Verdienst in Partnerschaften bei
Holst, Elke; Kröger, Lea - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 12, pp. 10-13
West, women's contribution to joint income was almost 40 percent. -- gender pay gap ; labor force status ; couples …
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Further analysis of bank efficiency correlates : the Nigerian experience
Oke, David Mautin; Poloamina, I. D. - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 4, pp. 1-11
All over the world, banks have been undergoing crisis, but the Nigerian experience has been hazardous to the country’s financial sector stability. Against this scenery, this paper investigates some cost efficiency correlates of a set of fifteen deposit money banks in Nigeria over the period...
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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier : is discrimination absolute or relative?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...
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Distintas formas de participación en el mercado laboral en Galicia (España) : influencia del género ; incorporation into the labour force in Galicia (Spain) ; gender effect
Sellero, Carmen Sánchez - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)
second one is an employment model, where the goal of estimation is the probability that an economically active person will …
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