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The dynamics of referral hiring and racial inequality: evidence from Brazil
Miller, Conrad; Schmutte, Ian - 2021
to hire candidates and less likely to dismiss employees of the same race as the founder, but these differences diminish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660446
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Is labour market discrimination against ethnic minorities better explained by taste or statistics? : a systematic review of the empirical evidence
Lippens, Louis; Baert, Stijn; Ghekiere, Abel; … - 2020
Scholars have gone to great lengths to chart the incidence of ethnic labour market discrimination. To effectively mitigate this discrimination, however, we need to understand its underlying mechanisms because different mechanisms lead to different counteracting measures. To this end, we reviewed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256131
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Legal status at entry, economic performance, and self-employment proclivity : a bi-national study of immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2005
host country (worker, refugee, and family reunification), ethnic networks, enclaves and other differences among ethnicities … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …. -- self-employment ; entrepreneurship ; ethinicity ; migration ; asylum seekers ; refugees ; migrant workers ; family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003238617
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Initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment and hours of self- employed coupled and single workers by gender and parental status
Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2020
This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups, differential effects by gender, couple status, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244813
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The effect of immigration on native earnings
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000
This study investigates the extent of labour market competition among nativeDutch workers and ethnicminorities, using national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour markets is considered. It is shown thatethnic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303323
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Cultures of female entrepreneurship
Foreman-Peck, James S.; Zhou, Peng - 2014
propensities between men and women. The consequences of the assumed differential importance of household and family generate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251057
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The effects of high-skilled immigration policy on firms : evidence from visa lotteries
Doran, Kirk B.; Gelber, Alexander M.; Isen, Adam - 2022
We compare winning and losing firms in lotteries for H-1B visas, matching administrative data on these lotteries to administrative tax data on U.S. firms and to approved U.S. patents. Winning one additional H-1B visa crowds out about 1.5 other workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have...
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COVID-19 and the Swedish labor market : a register perspective
Andersson, Fredrik; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2022
The pandemic has mainly affected the state of health and mortality, but has also had effects on the economy and the labor market. This article reports what happened to the total number of employees, their distribution by sectors and regions and changes in the number of employees for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170495
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The intensity of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2020
This paper examines whether the intensity of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic has differentially impacted the public sector labor market outcomes. This extends the analysis of the already documented negative economic consequences from COVID-19 and their...
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What does someone's gender identity signal to employers?
Borm, Hannah Van; Dhoop, Marlot; Acker, Allien Van; … - 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182567