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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. : differences across metropolitan areas

Alonso Villar, Olga; Río Otero, Coral del - 2015

territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …

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Equality of the sexes and gender differences in competition : evidence from three traditional societies

Klonner, Stefan; Pal, Sumantra; Schwieren, Christiane - 2020

Can gender-balanced social norms mitigate the gender differences in competitiveness that are observed in traditional … previously been studied. We find that, unlike in the patriarchic society, there is no significant gender difference in the … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …

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Cultural distance and gravity effects among migrants : a comparative analysis of the EU15

Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...

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Wage assimilation of immigrants : which factors close the gap? - evidence from Germany

Lehmer, Florian; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2012

Using longitudinal employment register data this study analyzes the development of outcomes of male foreign workers from all important sending countries across time. Cohort analyses on persons entering the German labour market between 1995 and 2000 show significant differences in the...

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The immigrant wage gap in Germany : are East Europeans worse off?

Lehmer, Florian; Ludsteck, Johannes - 2010

This study compares the outcomes of male foreign workers from different East and West European countries who entered the German labour market between 1995 and 2000, with those of male German workers. We find that the immigrant-native wage gap differs significantly between nationalities: the...

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A new east-west divide? : immigration and anti-immigrant voting in the 2017 German parliamentary election

Kellermann, Kim Leonie; Winter, Simon - 2019 - Very preliminary draft

We empirically examine the relationship between shares of foreigners and shares of votes cast for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the major anti-immigrant party in the 2017 German parliamentary election. The classic theory on the political economy of migration supposes that immigration...

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Maids and school teachers : low skill migration and high skill labor supply

Freire, Tiago - 2010

, and especially low skill female migrants. These low skilled women migrants often work in the domestic service sector, a … close substitute for household work. This paper analyzes how low skill rural-urban migration in Brazil from 1986 to 2000 …

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