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Modelling cognitive skills, ability and school quality to explain labour market earnings differentials
Burger, Cobus; Berg, Servaas van der - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2011
explained by differences in education quality. Thus the unexplained residual, often identified with labour market discrimination …, usually greatly over-estimates such discrimination. This emphasises even more strongly the need for greater equity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008872010
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Labour Market Racial Discrimination in South Africa Revisited
Szelewicki, Maciej; Tyrowicz, Joanna - Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski - 2009
Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In … this paper, we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of South Africa, accounting for large … determine the role of discrimination in the wage gaps observed. Although the size of the absolute racial wage gap is enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008603191
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Labour Market Racial Discrimination in South Africa Revisited
Maciej, Szelewicki; Tyrowicz, Joanna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In … this paper we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of Soutn Africa, accounting for large … determine the role of discrimination in the wage gaps observed. Although the size of the absolute racial wage gap is enormous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014961
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Identifying and measuring economic discrimination : using decomposition methods helps measure both the amount and source of economic discrimination between groups
Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro - 2017
feature of the labor market, raising concern about discrimination by employers. Decomposition methods shed light on those … indicative of discrimination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630864
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Wage Effects of Labor Migration with International Capital Mobility
Ruist, Joakim; Bigsten, Arne - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2010
Wage effects of immigration are investigated in a setting with international capital mobility, which eliminates two-thirds of the native wage-effects of immigration. Without international capital mobility, overall gains from migration in the immigration region are only a small fraction of total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511661
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International labor migration in Vietnam and the impact of receiving countries' policies
Ishizuka, Futaba - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Labor export has been part of Vietnam’s socio-economic development strategy since the beginning of the doi moi era. Recent years, Vietnam has sent about 80,000 workers abroad per year. Vietnam has become a major source country of unskilled foreign workers for high-income East Asian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147335
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Migration Outflow and Remittance Patterns in Indonesia: National as well as Subnational Perspectives
Bachtiar, Palmira Permata - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at the national level and in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara--two big migrant-sending provinces. Analysis over the longer period gives a better understanding of contemporary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184717
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Irregular Migration from Cambodia: Characteristics, Challenges, and Regulatory Approach
Vutha, Hing; Pide, Lun; Dalis, Phann - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
The study examines the characteristics, root causes, and challenges of irregular migration from Cambodia and then discusses the regulatory approaches and policy options to manage it. It employed mixed approaches, including a survey of 507 households in six high-migration villages, focus group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184782
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Irregular Migrants and the Law
Kassim, Azizah; Zin, Mat; Ragayah Hj. - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), … - 2013
This paper examines Malaysia`s policy on irregular migrants and its implementation, and discusses its impact. A survey and interview covering 404 respondents was conducted between July 2010 and June 2011 to ascertain the real situations surrounding irregular migrants in Malaysia, which is one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184789
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Different Streams, Different Needs and Impacts: Managing International Labor Migration in ASEAN - Thailand (Emigration)
Chalamwong, Yongyuth - Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), …; … - 2013
For decades, Thailand has had a strong labor market in both supplying and demanding labor resources. Since the 1970s, Thailand has sent workers to the Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia, among others. Based on the Socio-Economic Survey, emigrant workers come from households with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184833