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Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Holzer, Harry J.; Neumark, David - 2003

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...

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Gender and education gaps in employment : new evidence for the EU

Gökten, Meryem; Heimberger, Philipp; Arsenev, Aleksandr; … - 2024

This paper analyses (age-adjusted) employment rates by gender and education. We find that malefemale gender gaps and high-low education gaps in employment vary markedly across European Union (EU) countries and regions, with larger gaps existing in Eastern and Southern Europe than in Nordic and...

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Active labour market programmes for women with a partner : challenge or replication of traditional gender roles

Kopf, Eva; Zabel, Cordula - 2014

Arbeitsmarkt beteiligt waren. Bei Paarhaushalten wird somit ein 'adult worker' Modell angestrebt, bei dem beide Partner … Programme der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik, wie beispielsweise Trainingsmaßnahmen oder Arbeitsgelegenheiten, in der Praxis … Programme der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik beeinflussen. Wir bilden verschiedene Haushaltsklassifikationen basierend auf dem …

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The impact of affirmative action on the employment of minorities and women over three decades : 1973-2003

Kurtulus, Fidan Ana - 2015

What role has affirmative action played in the growth of minority and female employment in U.S. firms? This paper analyzes this issue by comparing the employment of minorities and women at firms holding federal contracts and therefore mandated to implement affirmative action, and at...

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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership

Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024

This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher education at the college level and beyond and then go on to...

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Labour market reform in Japan to cope with a shrinking and ageing population

Jones, Randall Sidney; Seitani, Haruki - 2019

Fundamental reform of traditional Japanese labour market practices is essential to cope with rapid population ageing and the era of 100-year lives. A shift to more flexible employment and wage systems based on performance rather than age would enable Japan to better utilise its human capital....

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Gender gaps of the unemployed : what drives diverging labor market outcomes?

Dauth, Christine - 2016

forcieren. Arbeitslose Frauen schneiden am Arbeitsmarkt vor allem wegen früherer Entscheidungen bezüglich ihrer Berufswahl …, Teilzeitarbeit und ihrer Nähe zum Arbeitsmarkt schlechter ab. Regionale Disparitäten, unter anderem mögliche Vermittlungsunterschiede …

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Gender gaps in Latin American labor markets: implications from an estimated search model

Tejada, Mauricio; Piras, Claudia; Flabbi, Luca; … - 2021

We develop and estimate a search model that captures the specific characteristics of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) labor markets and the crucial differences between men and women. Labor force participation decisions are integrated in the labor market dynamics, taking into account sample...

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Intersectional analysis of the labour market impacts of COVID : the triple-whammy of females, children, and lower skill

Fang, Tony; Gunderson, Morley; Viet Hoang Ha; Ming, Hui - 2024

We employ a Gender-Based Plus (GBA+) and intersectionality lens to examine the triple whammy of the differential effect of Covid on the trifecta of being female, lower-skilled and facing a motherhood penalty from school-age children. We use a difference-in-difference framework with Canadian...

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Gender segregation and labour market institutions

Austen, Siobhan; Jefferson, Therese; Lord, Linley - In: Handbook of the politics of labour, work and employment, (pp. 357-374). 2019

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