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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403357
less workplace gender inequality. In this unconventional context, women are more likely than men to step into …
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We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls'...
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What role has affirmative action played in the growth of minority and female employment in U.S. firms? This paper analyzes this issue by comparing the employment of minorities and women at firms holding federal contracts and therefore mandated to implement affirmative action, and at...
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gender but with different castes and years of experience, we show that the differences in patients' physician choices are … consistent with gender-based statistical discrimination. Labor market experience cannot easily overcome the discrimination that … female doctors suffer. Further, we find that gender discrimination is greater for lower caste doctors, who typically suffer …
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Recent decades have seen a surge in local interior immigration enforcement. In this paper we examine a little discussed … in intensity of immigration enforcement in a local area reduced the labor supply of citizen college- educated women with …
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, with a particular focus on the issues of asylum, gender, and misconceptions of the true extent of immigration …The paper offers a comparative look at attitudes to immigration in Ireland as reflected in the latest round of ESS …
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find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
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find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …
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