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toward gay men. A one standard deviation increase in taste-discrimination attitudes against gay men decreased their access to … occupations by 9.6%. Furthermore, a one standard deviation increase in statistical-discrimination attitudes against gay men … applicants expressed a higher level of taste- and statistical-discrimination attitudes compared to 2006-2007. A gay rights …
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toward gay men. A one standard deviation increase in taste-discrimination attitudes against gay men decreased their access to … occupations by 9.6%. Furthermore, a one standard deviation increase in statistical-discrimination attitudes against gay men … applicants expressed a higher level of taste- and statistical-discrimination attitudes compared to 2006-2007. A gay rights …
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-under-estimated career prospects of female workers and statistical discrimination in the labor market are described. Both aspects are jointly …
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We consider in this paper whether the gender mix at the level of decision-makers in firms can influence gender representation at the employee level. We run a laboratory experiment whereby we present a pair of independent employers with applications from two potential employees. We consider...
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According to Becker's (1957) theory of taste-based employer discrimination, pure economic rents are necessary for … discrimination to be observed in the labor market. Increased competition and reduced rents in the market for final goods should … therefore lead to reduced labor market discrimination. We look at the natural experiment represented by the Brazilian trade …
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discrimination. But while the Court famously invalidated several sex-based laws at the end of the twentieth century, it also issued … long-ignored cases that approved of sex discrimination, this Article explains how the Court's rulings in this area have … equal protection that authorizes certain forms of sex discrimination, (Un)Equal Protection advocates for one particular …
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tax rate on minimum wage income. We solve this alleged puzzle by introducing discrimination of individuals that do not … government policy. In the empirical part, we show that the share of inhabitants approving of labor market discrimination against …
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This paper studies the effect of employee job selection in a model of statistical discrimination in a competitive … group suffer from discrimination turn out to be surprisingly strong. In general it is quite possible that for certain jobs … the discrimination can favor the group that is, on average, worse qualified, while for other jobs it favors the group that …
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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discrimination in hiring against slum dwellers. We sent 4,290 online pairs of fictitious job applications of otherwise … applicants living in slums received nearly 28 percent fewer callbacks than other applicants. We observe discrimination across … jobs that require a university degree, with discrimination being concentrated in administrative and software …
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