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The Evolution of gender and racial occupational segregation in Brazil - 1987 to 2006: Differences between formal and non-formal labour markets
Salardi, Paola - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012
it comparatively worrisome; second, while occupational segregation is declining by both gender and race, the decline has …This paper provides a unique analysis of the evolution of gender and racial occupational segregation in Brazil from … time period than has previously been possible. Second, the analysis explores both gender and racial segregation side by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878117
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The Occupational Segregation of Black Women in the United States: A Look at its Evolution from 1940 to 2010
Alonso-Villar, Olga; del Río, Coral - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2015
Based on detailed occupation titles and making use of measures that do not require pairwise comparisons among demographic groups, this paper shows that the occupational segregation of Black women declined dramatically in 1940-1980, decreased slightly in 1980-2000, and remained stagnant in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274452
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The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the U.S., 1940-2010: Gains and Losses of Gender- Race/ethnicity Groups
del Río, Coral; Alonso-Villar, Olga - Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Facultade de … - 2014
The aim of this paper is twofold: a) to explore the evolution of occupational segregation of women and men of different racial/ethnic groups in the U. S. during the period 1940- 2010 and b) to assess the consequences of segregation for each of them. For that purpose, this paper proposes a simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274505
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Wage Discrimination over the Business Cycle
Biddle, Jeff E.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women's relative earnings are harmed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279292
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The Evolution of Gender and Racial Occupational Segregation across Formal and non-Formal Labour Markets in Brazil – 1987 to 2006
Salardi, Paola - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2011
it comparatively worrisome; second, while occupational segregation is declining by both gender and race, the decline has …This paper provides a unique analysis of the evolution of gender and racial occupational segregation in Brazil from … time period than has previously been possible. Second, the analysis explores both gender and racial segregation side by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386429
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Wage Differentials by Race and Sex : The Roles of Taste Discrimination and Labor Market Information
Neumark, David - 2000
discrimination, is partly responsible for race differences in starting wages. But because women's average performance in the sample …Using a unique data set, this paper first documents that gaps in starting wages by race and sex persist after … accounting for performance on the job. Evidence suggests that simple statistical discrimination, and not just taste …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014176303
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Gender, Race, and Entrepreneurship : A Randomized Field Experiment on Venture Capitalists and Angels
Gornall, Will; Strebulaev, Ilya A. - 2020
We study gender and race in high-impact entrepreneurship using a tightly controlled randomized field experiment. We … email was sent by a fictitious entrepreneur with randomly assigned gender and race. Female entrepreneurs received 9% more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014109451
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Revisiting Occupational Crowding in the United States : A Preliminary Study
Gibson, Karen J.; Darity, William A.; Myers, Jr., Samuel L. - 2008
In her study of occupational segregation in the United States using the 1960 Census, Barbara R. Bergmann found black males with low levels of education more concentrated in low-skill service and laborer occupations than white males and virtually excluded from higher status occupations. Utilizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208485
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Remedying 'Unfair Acts' : U.S. Pay Equity by Race and Gender
Lapidus, June; Figart, Deborah M. - 1999
of adopting comparable worth to alleviate race- as well as gender-based wage discrimination. First we report the negative … find that implementing comparable worth would appreciably narrow the race- and gender-based wage gaps and significantly …Case studies in Canada, Australia, and the U.S. have found that pay equity (or comparable worth) has reduced the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208487
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'Unfair Acts' : U.S. Pay Equity by Race and Gender
Lapidus, June; Figart, Deborah M. - 1998
of adopting comparable worth to alleviate race- as well as gender-based wage discrimination. First we report the negative … find that implementing comparable worth would appreciably narrow the race- and gender-based wage gaps and significantly …Case studies in Canada, Australia, and the U.S. have found that pay equity (or comparable worth) has reduced the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208671