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Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel : Endowments, Discrimination, and Selectivity
Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2004
occupations. Wage differences are then examined and decomposed into 3 components: Endowments (human capital), discrimination and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262115
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Gender, economic development and Islam: A perspective from France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2012
Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative failure can be characterized by the following syllogism: (1) the empowerment of women is a sine qua non for economic progress; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286900
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Sex, race, and job satisfaction among highly educated workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
There has been a considerable amount of work focusing on job satisfaction and sex, generally finding that women are more satisfied than men despite having objectively worse job conditions. But there is little evidence on whether job satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346636
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Impact of Ethnic Fragmentation on Education Expenditure
Khan, Sajid - 2022
This paper examines the relationship between Education spending and diversity by analysing the impact of Ethnic Fractionalisation on Public and Private education expenditure using empirical approaches for panel data. Private education spending is included to observe whether it changes due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080366
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Market competition and discrimination
Siddique, Abu; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … and survey information indicate that local and wholesale buyers do not have different tastes for discrimination. This … suggests that market competition can eliminate the discrimination of wholesale buyers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226442
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Modelling exposure to risk of experiencing discrimination in the context of endogenous ethnic identification
Hunter, Boyd H.; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - 2014
discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or … intensifies the emotional response to the object of discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding … be the object of discrimination. A theoretical model is constructed that predicts that the choice to identify interacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258176
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The effect of photos and a local- sounding name on discrimination against ethnic minorities in Austria
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Schuster, Julia - 2021
A large body of research documents the existence of discrimination against migrants and ethnic minorities in the labour … market. This study investigates for Austria, to what degree employment discrimination against ethnic minorities is mitigated … and ethnic photographs, black but not Asian job applicants suffered from discrimination. With a local sounding name …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582518
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Customer discrimination and ethnic team composition
Rinne, Ulf; Sonnabend, Hendrik; Wolters, Leonie - 2023
This paper examines the relationship between customer preferences and ethnic team composition in German professional soccer. Ethnic team composition is measured using facial recognition techniques, player names, and nationality. The study uses a difference-in-differences approach to show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315724
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The making of ethnic segregation in the labor market : evidence from a field experiment
Bursell, Moa; Bygren, Magnus - 2023
suggest that employers do contribute to this type of segregation. While ethnic discrimination is pervasive in the 'native …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288921
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Do minorities misrepresent their ethnicity to avoid discrimination?
Kudashvili, Nikoloz; Lergetporer, Philipp - 2019
Discrimination against minorities is pervasive in many societies, but little is known about minorities' strategies to … investigate Armenians' willingness to hide their ethnicity to avoid expected discrimination. 43 percent of Armenian trustees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105536