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Economic discrimination and cultural differences as barriers to migrant integration : is reverse causality symmetric?
Kohler, Pierre - 2012
This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009526018
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Border apprehensions and federal sentencing of Hispanic citizens in the United States
Bertoli, Simone; Laouénan, Morgane; Valette, Jérôme - 2023
We provide evidence that Hispanic citizens receive significantly longer sentences than non-Hispanic citizens in the Federal Criminal Justice System in the United States when a higher number of illegal aliens are apprehended along the southwest border. Apprehensions can increase the salience of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499448
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Trust and racial income inequality : evidence from the U.S.
Tesei, Andrea - 2015
Existing studies of trust formation in U.S. metropolitan areas have found that trust is lower when there is more income inequality and greater racial fragmentation. I add to this literature by examining the role of income inequality between racial groups (racial income inequality). I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472550
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The True Colors of Money : Racial Diversity and Asset Management
Han, Lina; Huang, Xing; Kadan, Ohad; Wu, Jimmy - 2022
We study the role of race and ethnicity in the investment decisions of mutual fund managers and investors. Funds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312637
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Economic discrimination and cultural differences as barriers to migrant integration: Is reverse causality symmetric?
Kohler, Pierre - 2012
This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316755
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Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring Decisions : A Meta-Analysis of Correspondence Tests 1990-2015
Zschirnt, Eva; Ruedin, Didier - 2016
For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants, irrespective of time, location, or minority groups tested. While Riach and Rich (2002) and Rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014136225
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Race, power, and the subprime/forceclosure crisis: A mesoanalysis
Dymski, Gary A.; Hernandez, Jesus; Mohanty, Lisa - 2011
Economists' principal explanations of the subprime crisis differ from those developed by noneconomists in that the latter see it as rooted in the US legacy of racial/ethnic inequality, and especially in racial residential segregation, whereas the former ignore race. This paper traces this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281736
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Sex, race, and job satisfaction among highly educated workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the 2010 National Survey of College Graduates to examine the relation … between job satisfaction and race and ethnicity among Asian, black, Hispanic/Latino, and white workers. Overall job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346636
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Distributional differences and the Native American gender wage gap
Burnette, Jeffrey; Zhang, Weiwei - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/46, pp. 1-18
We use the Theil index and data from the 2012-2016, American Community Survey 5-Year Sample to document and analyze gender wage inequality for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women across single, multiracial and ethnic identity groups. Mean differences in hourly wages by gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021645
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The Missing Link? Using LinkedIn Data to Measure Race, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Employment Outcomes at Individual Companies
Berry, Alexander; Maloney, Elizabeth M.; Neumark, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter … pictures to identify race, ethnicity, and gender. We show that one can use LinkedIn data to obtain reasonably reliable measures … of workforce demographic composition by race, ethnicity, and gender, based on validation exercises comparing estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512147