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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: Is discrimination absolute or relative?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications … have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended …
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Anonymous job applications and hiring discrimination
Rinne, Ulf - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Anonymous job applications to combat hiring discrimination are gaining attention and interest. Results from a number of …
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Anonymous job applications and hiring discrimination
Rinne, Ulf - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
The use of anonymous job applications (or blind recruitment) to combat hiring discrimination is gaining attention and …
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Systemic Usury and the European Consumer Credit Directive
Neuberger, Doris; Reifner, Udo - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 1, pp. 115-132
deceitful and even fraudulent means, we consider it as a systemic issue: as a problem of social discrimination, where belonging … for which are monopoly power, where the consumer is locked in a bilateral credit relationship; discrimination through risk … Problem: als ein Problem der sozialen Diskriminierung, bei dem die Zugehörigkeit zu einer statistisch diskriminierten Gruppe …
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 22% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 21% and 17% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 17%. Thus, the gender pay...
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Obesity and labor market outcomes
Averett, Susan L. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Rising obesity is not only a pressing global public health problem. There is also substantial evidence that obese people, particularly women, are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn lower wages. There is some evidence that the lower earnings are a result of...
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Gender and occupational wage gaps in Romania: From planned equality to market inequality?
Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 10, pp. 1-27
In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for more than 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment and restricting pay differentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the promotion of equal opportunities and treatment for...
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
Polachek, Solomon W. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 18% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 17% and 10% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 14%. Interestingly, the...
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Obesity and labor market outcomes
Averett, Susan L. - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Rising obesity is a pressing global public health problem responsible for rising health care costs and in some countries one of the leading causes of preventable deaths. There is substantial evidence that obese people are less likely to be employed and, when employed, earn lower wages. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120541