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Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the U.S. : differences across metropolitan areas

Alonso Villar, Olga; Río Otero, Coral del - 2015

territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …

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Occupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the US : differences across states

Gradín, Carlos; Río Otero, Coral del; Alonso Villar, Olga - 2011

Using the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, we analyze the occupational segregation of workers by race and ethnicity …

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Political (self-)selection and competition : evidence from U.S. Congressional elections

Bose, Paul - 2021 - This version: October 2020

general elections for the years 1998-2014 to study this question. I measure quality using previous legislative experience and … competition in primary elections in the strong party. As opposed to this, experienced candidates and candidates with a good … identity match run relatively more frequently in primary elections in the weak party as competition increases. The effects of …

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Incentives dominate selection : chamber-changing legislators are driven by electoral rules and voter preferences

Portmann, Marco; Stadelmann, David; Eichenberger, Reiner - 2019

The role of electoral incentives vs. selection is ideally analyzed in a setting where the same legislators are selected to decide on policies under different electoral rules and where voter preferences on policies can be precisely measured. This is the first paper to look at such a situation....

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Employment sector and pay gaps : genetic and environmental influences

Maczulskij, Terhi - 2012

This paper examines the role of genetic factors and shared environment in explaining the choice of working in the public sector and public-private sector pay gaps. The analyses are done using data for Finnish twins that span the period from 1990 to 2004. The data are based on two sources. The...

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Parents can tell! : evidence on classroom quality differences in German primary schools

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Quis, Johanna Sophie - 2021

The value-added to student achievement model has become a key tool for estimating the effects of individual teachers and their classrooms on students' short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use primary school data from the German National Educational Panel...

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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador

Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2021

Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to pass national skill and content knowledge tests before they are allowed to participate in merit-based selection competitions for tenured positions at public schools in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the...

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