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Eguia, Jon X. - 2015

I present a theory of assimilation in a heterogeneous society composed of two groups with distinct social norms and unequal statuses. Members of the group with a relatively disadvantaged status face an incentive to assimilate, embracing the norms of the more advantaged group. The cost of...

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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality

Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015

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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The effect of host society culture on migrant wage discrimination : approaching the Roestigraben

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

. -- immigration ; migration ; labour market ; culture ; political preferences ; wage discrimination ; Switzerland …This paper investigates whether host society culture affects migrant wage discrimination, i.e. whether migrant wage … discrimination is more intense in host societies where culture is more inward-looking. The motivation for this investigation in the …

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Do negative native-place stereotypes lead to discriminatory wage penalties in China's migrant labor markets?

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Tran, Ngoc-Han Thi - 2015

traits. Such prejudice does not necessarily lead to wage discrimination. Whether or not it does depends on the nature of the … Project (RUMiC) to explore whether native-place wage discrimination affects migrant workers in China's urban labor markets. We … analyze the question of wage discrimination among migrants by estimating wage equations for men and women, controlling for …

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Evaluating the effect of beauty on labor market outcomes : a review of the literature

Liu, Xing Michelle; Sierminska, Eva - 2014

An important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap is the way the labor market …

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Stereotypes of physical appearance and labor market chances

Araï, Mahmood; Gartell, Marie; Rödin, Magnus; Özcan, … - 2016

Using an experimental setup involving 436 case workers at the Swedish Public Employment Service (SPES) as subjects and the profile photographs and recorded voices of 75 jobseekers as treatments, we report results indicating that male case workers tend to favor jobseekers perceived as having a...

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Gender differentiation in wages in Kazakhstan

Roshchin, Sergey Yu.; Yemelina, Natalya K. - 2020

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The regional impact of cultural diversity on wages : evidence from Australia

Elias, Amanuel; Paradies, Yin - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 5 (2016) 12, pp. 1-24

This paper investigates the impact of cultural diversity on labour market outcomes, particularly on wages across regions using a large longitudinal data. We apply an instrumental variable approach and account for individual and time fixed effects. Our findings indicate that the current level of...

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How different are wages from wage potentials? : Analyzing the earnings disadvantage of immigrants in Germany

Lang, Günter - 2004

and immigrants relative to the frontier, the wage discrimination hypothesis is rejected. Actually, human capital …

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Ethnic identity and work

Constant, Amelie - 2014

Immigrants do not fare as well as natives in economic terms; even after including many controls, an unexplained part remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic outcomes of immigrants, their behavior and their often...

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