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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 … 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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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

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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Informal Workers Across Europe:Evidence from 30 Countries

Hazans, Mihails - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

young(especially students), the elderly, and persons with disabilities are more likely to workinformally, other things equal …

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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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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination : The Gender Difference

Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...

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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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Discrimination in Latin America: An elephant in the room?

Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo - 2007

This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination occurs may be built on the basis of economic...

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Costless discrimination and unequal achievements in a labour market experiment

Filippin, Antonio; Guala, Francesco - 2011

We investigate the emergence of discrimination in an experiment where individuals affiliated to different groups compete for a monetary prize, submitting independent bids to an auctioneer. The auctioneer receives perfect information about the bids (i.e. there is no statistical discrimination),...

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