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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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An Experimental Investigation ofAge Discrimination in the English Labor Market

Riach, Peter A.; Rich, Judith - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination inhiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a newgraduate was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employmentas waiters; women aged...

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Age Discrimination in Hiring Decisions : A Comparison of Germany and Norway

Büsch, Victoria; Dahl, Svenn-Åge; Dittrich, Dennis - Sonderforschungsbereich Gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen … - 2004

The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges,it is important to understand the impact of a worker's age on the labor market. In this paper, we analyze whether older workers in Germany and Norway are treated differently in the hiring process. ...

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Age Discrimination in Hiring Decisions –A Comparison of Germany and Norway

Büsch, Viktoria; Dahl, Svenn-Age; Dittrich, Dennis A. V. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2004

The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges,it is important to understand the impact of a worker’s age on the labor market. In thispaper, we analyze whether older workers in Germany and Norway are treated differentlyin the hiring process. Students and...

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Ethnic Discrimination in Education: The Swiss Case

Bauer, Philipp; Sheldon, George - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2008

This paper investigates the role that discrimination plays in the educational marginalizationof foreign youth commonly observed in European countries with a long guestworkertradition. Economic theory offers two basic explanations for discrimination ofthis form: taste-based discrimination arising...

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Age Discrimination in Hiring Decisions - A Comparison of Germany and Norway

Büsch, Victoria; Dahl, Svenn-Age; Dittrich, Dennis A.V. - 2004

The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges, it is important to understand the impact of a worker's age on the labor market. In this paper, we analyze whether older workers in Germany and Norway are treated differentlyin the hiring process. (...)

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Analysing the Gender Wage Gap Using Personnel Records of a Large German Company

Pfeifer, Christian; Sohr, Tatjana - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We use monthly personnel records of a large German company to analyse the gender wage gap (GWG). Main findings are: (1) the unconditional GWG is 15 percent for blue-collar and 26 percent for white-collar workers; (2) conditional on tenure, entry age, schooling, and working hours, the GWG is 13...

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