This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...

Economic growth and recent policy reforms have increased employment and reduced overall poverty in Chile. Yet there are some groups that remain at the margins of the labour market and could benefit from and contribute more to growth. Women and young people have entered the labour force in...

This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...

Previous research suggests that minorities are not faring well in China's transition - both income and occupational attainment gaps are widening. We are particularly interested in whether the differences in majority and minority economic outcomes are the result of ethnicity per se, or whether...

Individuals often need to self-promote for professional recognition and career success. In this paper, we investigate the existence of a gender gap in self-promotion and its causal link with modesty norms. Using a novel experiment, we show that women are significantly less likely to self-promote...

Discrimination is denial of rights on basis of factors other than merits, which ultimately result in the loss of the employer and hinders the growth of society. Women empowerment and equal status for women were enshrined in the Indian Constitution since it came into force. The year 2001 was...

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you read the headline: ’Increasing red meat intake linked with heightened risk of early death?’ It probably depends on what you were thinking on meat intake patterns and how you were feeling about the word ’death’ before you started...

As the baby boom cohort reaches retirement age, demographic pressures on public programs such as social security may cause policy makers to cut benefits and encourage employment at later ages. This paper reports on a labor market experiment to determine the hiring conditions for older women in...

This essay presents an overview of EEO laws designed to outlaw employment discrimination, as well as Affirmative Action efforts to actively raise the status of minorities and women in employment, university admissions, and government procurement. We review the laws, court decisions, and...

Sex differences in labor markets are pervasive. In the United States three differences, in particular, have attracted the most attention from economists: the earnings gap between women and men; occupational segregation of women and men; and the greater responsibility of women for child care and...