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Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Uhlig, Roman - 2018
In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as an important mechanism for easing their economic and social lot in the short as well as in the long term. However, little is known about the policies that foster or hamper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806368
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Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Uhlig, Roman - In: Swiss journal of economics and statistics 155 (2019) 17, pp. 1-15
In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as an important mechanism for easing their economic and social lot in the short as well as in the long term. However, little is known about the policies that foster or hamper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138005
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Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?
Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Uhlig, Roman - 2019
In the face of recent refugee migration, early integration of asylum seekers into the labor market has been proposed as an important mechanism for easing their economic and social lot in the short as well as in the long term. However, little is known about the policies that foster or hamper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149227
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An Unintended Consequence of Mortgage Financing Regulation - A Racial Disparity
Kau, James B. - 2020
This study investigates whether mortgage financing regulation unintentionally leads to minorities paying a higher loan contract rate under a risk-based pricing system. We provide evidence that minority borrowers prepay less frequently than comparable non-minority borrowers and thus have lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842179
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An Unintended Consequence of Mortgage Financing Regulation - A Racial Disparity
Kau, James B. - 2020
This study investigates whether mortgage financing regulation unintentionally leads to minorities paying a higher loan contract rate under a risk-based pricing system. We provide evidence that minority borrowers prepay less frequently than comparable non-minority borrowers and thus have lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012846647
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Trust and Regulation : Addressing a Cultural Bias
Pinotti, Paolo - 2010
Cultural traits shape both the scope and the consequences of government intervention. Failing to account for cultural differences may therefore bias the estimated effects of regulation. This paper investigates the direction and the magnitude of this bias, from both a theoretical and an empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199862
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Broadening and reimagining regulation : trade unions, "active servicing" and immigration in Spain since the early 1990s
Martínez Lucio, Miguel; Marino, Stefania; Connolly, Heather - In: The journal of industrial relations : the journal of … 55 (2013) 2, pp. 190-211
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010213439
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The Economic Impact of Local Immigration Regulation : An Empirical Analysis
Pham, Huyen - 2010
A wave of local anti-immigration laws has swept the country, triggering contentious debate and raising significant legal and policy issues. Approximately 150 such laws were enacted between 2005 and 2008 though many of these laws are being challenged in the courts. One critical dimension that has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139601
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Lack of Gender Sensitization in Malaysian Laws and Regulations : Need for a Rights-Based Approach
Sundara Raja, Sivachandralingam - 2014
women. The paper therefore appraises historically the changing role of women in the labour force and the evolving gender … having complementary roles instead of equal roles with their male counterparts has given rise to a lack of or limited gender … sensitization in the labour laws and regulations. Further, the focus on gender mainstreaming instead of a rights-based approach in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050961
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Enforcement of labor market regulations : heterogeneous compliance and adjustment across gender
Viollaz, Mariana - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 2, pp. 1-28
This paper explores microdata from Argentine household surveys to analyze how changes in the enforcement of labor regulations affect the compliance level and other labor outcomes among men and women. Using information of the highly decentralized labor inspection system in Argentina, I construct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821766