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(Un)Equal Protection : Why Gender Equality Depends on Discrimination
Cunningham-Parmeter, Keith - 2016
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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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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Falling Between the Cracks : Discrimination Laws and Older Women
McLaughlin, Joanne Song - 2020
Theories and evidence suggest that older women may experience unique discrimination for being both old and female in … the workplace. To provide remedy for this type of discrimination – known as intersectional discrimination – legal scholars … argue that age and sex discrimination laws must be used jointly and acknowledge intersectional discrimination (age …
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Limited Legal Recourse for Older Women's Intersectional Discrimination Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
McLaughlin, Joanne Song - 2018
for older women against employers' discriminatory behavior: the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and Title VII … adequate protection for older women. The main reason for this concern is that older women's intersectional discrimination … discrimination and the importance of recognizing this intersectionality in proof structure. It also reviews case laws and the …
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Is it Possible to Be an Affirmative Action Employer and an Equal Opportunity Employer at the Same Time? A Chatgpt Answer
McGee, Robert W. - 2023
Can an employer be both an affirmative action employer and an equal opportunity employer at the same time, or are the two positions contradictory and mutually exclusive? This question was asked to ChatGPT. The response was nuanced and somewhat left-leaning and is reported in this study
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Does the gender mix among employers influence who gets hired? : a labor market experiment
Gaudeul, Alexia; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Panganiban, Marian - 2015
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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The Labour Force Status of Transgender People and The Impact of Removing Surgical Requirements to Change Gender on ID Documents
Mann, Samuel - 2020
This paper uses data from the BRFSS over the period 2014-2019 to analyse the impact of removing surgical requirements to change legal gender. In many states transgender people are forced to undergo surgical procedures if they wish to change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive,...
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Is my wage fair? : validating fairness perceptions among women and men
Diehl, Claudia; Lang, Julia; Strauß, Susanne; … - 2024
paradox"), and on perceived discrimination among ethnic minorities ("integration paradox"). Empirically, we depart from … employees. They might be more aware of the societal debate about gender discrimination and "aim higher" in setting their …
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Population aging, age discrimination, and age discrimination protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Button, Patrick - 2019
. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a barrier for seniors as they try to increase their work lives through the … common practice of "bridge" jobs is also presented. After discussing the evidence that measures age discrimination, economics … and legal research that seeks to determine to what extent the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and state …
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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors … model estimates confirm that gender-based pay discrimination is small in the government sector in Egypt and quite high by … was quite prevalent in state owned enterprises, amounting to half of the discrimination component. These findings …
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