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Do Swedish Schools Discriminate against Children with Disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali M.; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities … children with these disabilities and that discrimination is most prevalent in private schools. Private schools discriminated …. One potential effect of our results is that children with disabilities are referred to less attractive schools than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615398
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Do Swedish schools discriminate against children with disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities … children with these disabilities and that discrimination is most prevalent in private schools. Private schools discriminated …. One potential effect of our results is that children with disabilities are referred to less attractive schools than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206808
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Do Swedish schools discriminate against children with disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali M.; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities … admission for their children. Our results reveal that Swedish preschools discriminated against children with these disabilities … effect of our results is that children with disabilities are referred to as less attractive preschools than children with no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200004
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Physical disability and labor market discrimination : evidence from a field experiment
Bellemare, Charles; Goussé, Marion; Lacroix, Guy; … - 2018
We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822723
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Physical disability and labor market discrimination : evidence from a field experiment
Bellemare, Charles; Goussé, Marion; Lacroix, Guy; … - 2018
We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845135
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Do Swedish schools discriminate against children with disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali M.; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities … children with these disabilities and that discrimination is most prevalent in private schools. Private schools discriminated …. One potential effect of our results is that children with disabilities are referred to less attractive schools than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208785
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Redlining, the Community Reinvestment Act, and Private Mortgage Insurance
Ross, Stephen L.; Tootell, Geoffrey M. B. - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2000
This paper examines whether neighborhood racial or income composition influences a lender's treatment of mortgage applications. Recent studies have found little evidence of differential treatment based on either the racial or income composition of the neighborhood, once the specification...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005838978
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Sex Discrimination in Non-wage Compensation: Pension and Health Insurance Participation
Robinson, Michael D. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 17 (1991) 4, pp. 463-468
In 1983, 81 percent of white male full-time workers participated in employer-supported health plans and 54 percent in employer-supported pension plans. White full-time females, in contrast, participated at the rates of 71 percent and 43 percent. This study measures the unexplained portion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005418716
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The Labor Market Consequences of Gender Differences in Job Search
Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2008
This paper studies gender differences in labor market outcomes using data from an Internetbased CV database. The women in the database get fewer firm contacts than men, and we show that this is partly explained by differences in education, experience and other skills, is not explained by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419213
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How Long Does it Take to Integrate? Employment Convergence of Immigrants and Natives in Sweden.
Nekby, Lena - Stiftelsen facköreningsrörelsens Institut för … - 2002
This study examines employment convergence between immigrants and natives, by gender and region of origin, using data with annual information (1990-2000) on more than 200,000 individuals of which over 19,000 were born abroad. Duration of residence is found to have a significant effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419626