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estimate how gender and race are asso ciated with each pathway. We identify five distinct pathways characterized by varying de … exclusion as well as recurrent spells of in-work poverty. Gender and race differences persist even after controlling for la bor …
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factors in income differences - race and gender - that contribute to income inequality within the population of blacks and … inequality associated with gender exceeds greatly that of race. While gender income inequality falls over time, income inequality … defined by the Gini index varies from 1% to 4% depending on the geographical administrative divisions used. Race tends to …
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and significant portion of all five race-gender income gaps with White men. …There are pronounced racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in income in the U.S. We investigate whether these correspond with … females. These traits predict individual income. Competitiveness and risk tolerance help explain the White gender income gap …
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To understand gender differences in the job search process, we collect rich information on job offers and acceptances … facts: (1) there is a clear gender difference in the timing of job offer acceptance, with women accepting jobs substantially … earlier than men, and (2) the gender earnings gap in accepted offers narrows in favor of women over the course of the job …
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Gender gaps in labor market outcomes persist in South Asia. An open question is whether supply or demand side … experiment. Employers' gender restrictions are a larger constraint on women's job opportunities than supply-side decisions. At …
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This paper compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid …, the wage gap is substantial when workers with comparable human capital characteristics are considered. Although the gender … the gender wage gaps is more pronounced among poorer individuals. In Nicaragua, particularly, these unexplained gaps are …
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the role of education is prominent. -- Gender ; race ; wage gaps ; Brazil ; matching …This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results …
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