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Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We … investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize … measures produce qualitatively similar results, and, opposite to the observational studies, suggests that ethnic discrimination …
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We study the cost of ethnic discrimination for the landlords in the housing market. There are no legal fines for ethnic … discrimination in the Russian market for rental apartments – hence we can observe explicit nationality-based constraints via … advertisements. After controlling on all apartment characteristics we find that ethnic discrimination is connected with a significant …
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The current study assesses the effects of immigration control on the welfare of the current and future population of a host economy. A theoretical model of a small open economy populated with overlapping generations of heterogeneous agents is used to show that skill-favouring immigration...
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Almost fifty years ago in 1965, on the steps of the State Capital in Montgomery, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., asked a crowd of twenty-five thousand "How long will prejudice blind the visions of men, darken their understanding, and drive bright-eyed wisdom from her sacred throne?" The...
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The paper presents a theoretical model with bureaucratic corruption where bribe income can leak out of an economy. In such an economy given its perception about the extent of leakage the government sets the price of public services required for entrepreneurship by maximizing the welfare of the...
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Florian Dorn erstellte diesen Beitrag während seines Promotionsstudiums an der Universität München (LMU). Die Studie wurde im September 2020 abgeschlossen und von der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre als Dissertation angenommen. Die Dissertation trägt zur Empirie der Ökonomie des...
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the private benefits and spillover costs of employer favoritism (or discrimination). Group identity is induced on subjects … combat favoritism/discrimination. This result also identifies one potential micro-foundation of societal unrest that may link …
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We present representative evidence of discrimination against migrants through an incentivized choice experiment with … over 2,000 participants. Decision makers allocate a fixed endowment between two receivers. To measure discrimination, we … discrimination against migrants by the general population is both widespread and substantial. Our causal moderation analysis shows …
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is to shed more light on whether intergroup discrimination manifests itself differently in a loss compared to a gain …
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We present representative evidence of discrimination against migrants through an incentivized choice experiment with … over 2,000 participants. Decision makers allocate a fixed endowment between two receivers. To measure discrimination, we … discrimination against migrants by the general population is both widespread and substantial. Our causal moderation analysis shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014529369