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An Examination of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market for Recent College Graduates: Estimates from the Field
Nunley, John M.; Pugh, Adam; Romero, Nicholas; Seals, … - Department of Economics, Auburn University - 2014
We present experimental evidence from a correspondence test of racial discrimination in the labor market for recent college graduates. Online job advertisements were answered with over 9,000 résumé s from fictitious, recently-graduated job seekers. We find strong evidence of differential...
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Dropping out, being pushed out or can't get in? : ecoding declining labour force participation of Indian women
Deshpande, Ashwini; Jitendra Singh - 2021
., that women's participation is falling due unavailability of steady gainful employment. The high unemployment rate and …
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Imperfect information, wage formation, and the employability of the unemployed
Eriksson, Stefan - 2002
This paper considers the optimal hiring strategy of a firm that is unable to observe the productive abilities of all … be optimal to avoid hiring workers that have certain characteristics; i.e. to use a discriminatory hiring strategy. In … the paper it is shown that discrimination based on employment status is an equilibrium hiring strategy even when the firm …
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Impact of gender inequality on the Republic of Korea's long-term economic growth : an application of the theoretical model of gender inequality and economic growth
Kim, Jinyoung; Lee, Jong-Wha; Shin, Kwanho - 2016
This paper presents a theoretical model that can analyze the impact of gender inequality on long-term economic growth. The model is calibrated to fit to Korean data. We find that gender equality policies that lower discrimination in the labor market or that increase the time spent by a father on...
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Race and Gender Effects on Employer Interest in Job Applicants: New Evidence from a Resume Field Experiment
Koedel, Cory; Darolia, Rajeev; Martorell, Paco; Wilson, … - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2014
We sent nearly 9,000 fictitious resumes to advertisements for job openings in seven major cities in the United States across six occupational categories. We randomly assigned names to the resumes that convey race and gender but for which a strong socioeconomic connotation is not implicated. We...
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On the peculiar relevance of a fundamental dilemma of minimum-wage regulation in post-socialism : apropos of an international investigation
István, Gábor R. - 2010
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and...
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Distintas formas de participación en el mercado laboral en Galicia (España) : influencia del género ; incorporation into the labour force in Galicia (Spain) ; gender effect
Sellero, Carmen Sánchez - In: Atlantic review of economics : AROE 1 (2012)
The personal features involved in the incorporation into the labour force are studied, together with how this incorporation is carried out in Galicia. Three logistic regression models are built with this purpose. The first one is an economical activity model, where the probability that a person...
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What Does Someone's Gender Identity Signal to Employers?
Van Borm, Hannah - 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender … fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or cisgender male job candidates. More importantly, these candidates are … scored on statements related to theoretical reasons for hiring discrimination given in the literature. The resulting data are …
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The effect of a health and economic shock on the gender, ethnic and racial gap in labor market outcomes: evidence from COVID-19
Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani - 2021
With more than 29 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and 119 million cases worldwide, the pandemic has affected companies, households and the global economy. We explore the effect of this health and economic shock on labor market outcomes, and the changes in labor market disparities...
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To include or not to include? : firm employment decisions with respect to the German disabled worker quota
Hiesinger, Karolin - 2022
This paper analyzes whether financial disincentives affect firm demand for disabled workers. In Germany, firms must pay a noncompliance fine if they do not meet their legal quota for disabled workers. I exploit a threshold in this quota: Firms with fewer than 40 employees are required to employ...
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