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Labour Force Survey data, the paper employs a methodology (Blinder-Oaxaca quantile regressions) to decompose the immigrant …
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This paper utilizes a joint (ordered probit) occupational attainment and wage determination model to examine the channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors of ownership in Egypt. Using a large data set drawn from...
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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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recently conducted. Also in Germany, a large field experiment has examined the practicability and potentials of this approach …
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differently. -- earnings differential ; gender pay gap ; Germany ; self-employment …Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in … self-employment than in paid employment. Applying an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, about one quarter to one third of the …
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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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second one is an employment model, where the goal of estimation is the probability that an economically active person will … become employed. The last model is a hired hand employment model, which is focused on the probability that an employed person …
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The current economic crisis makes harder to get a job. Also, certain groups have more difficult due to other factors such as social mistrust. It's the case of people who leave or are about to leave a prison. Therefore, we analyzed the employability of prisoners serving grade 3 in Galicia. Our...
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experienced impressive immigration flows during the last decade. Particularly, we explore the differential access to employment …The aim of this paper is to analyse how female migrants fare in the Spanish labour market, a country that has … cases, we find an economically significant gap, at least for migrants from developing countries. Regarding the former, the …
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