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Gender differences in competitive positions: Experimental evidence on job promotion

Peterlé, Emmanuel; Rau, Holger A. - 2017

discrimination in a treatment where a computer randomly recruits. Discriminatory behavior by the employer is isolated in a treatment …

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Importing Equality? The Impact of Globalization on Gender Discrimination

Black, Sandra E.; Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2002

While researchers have long held that discrimination cannot endure in an increasingly competitive environment, there … competition resulting from globalization in the 1980s forced employers to reduce costly discrimination against women. The … gap: because concentrated industries face little competitive pressure to reduce discrimination, an increase in competition …

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An analysis of the impact of affirmative action programs on self-employment in the construction industry

Blanchflower, David G.; Wainwright, Jon - 2005

The main findings of this paper are that despite the existence of various affirmative action programs designed to improve the position of women and minorities in public construction, little has changed in the last twenty five years. We present evidence showing that where race conscious...

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Implicit prejudice and ethnic minorities: Arab-Muslims in Sweden

Agerström, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2008

-Muslims, an ethnic minority group subjected to substantial labor market discrimination in Sweden, and more specifically ii …

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The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006

Ethnic differences are often considered to be powerful sources of diverse economic behavior. In this paper, we investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labor market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition...

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Does it pay to be beautiful?

Sierminska, Eva - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

It is a well-established view amongst economists that good-looking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A “beauty premium” is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks,...

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Pure Ethnic Gaps in Educational Attainment and School to Work Transitions. When do they Arise?

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart - 2013

This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual pure ethnic gap. It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...

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Pure ethnic gaps in educational attainment and school to work transitions: When do they arise?

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart - 2013

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Revitalizing the Japanese economy by socializing risk

Horioka, Charles Yuji; Kanda, Reiko - 2010

The almost continuous stagnation of the Japanese economy for the past two decades has had an adverse impact on Japanese households from at least three perspectives: A decline in the standard of living, an increase in risks and uncertainties relating to livelihood, employment, old age, etc., and...

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Awareness Reduces Racial Bias

Pope, Devin G.; Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - 2014

Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...

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