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Even education has its limits: closing the wage gap

Epstein, Gil S.; Gafni, Dalit; Siniver, Erez - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 5, pp. 908-928

Purpose – Economic outcomes are compared for university graduates in Israel belonging to four different ethnic groups. A unique data set is used that includes all individuals who graduated with a first degree from universities and colleges in Israel between the years 1995 and 2008 and which...

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“Taking it on the chin”: older people, human rights and COVID-19

Williams, John - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 23 (2021) 2, pp. 86-97

defending their positions against allegations of discrimination against older people, they need to produce strong and convincing …

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Structural discrimination and abuse: COVID-19 and people in care homes in England and Wales

Parker, Jonathan - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 23 (2021) 3, pp. 169-180

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the significant and high death toll of COVID-19 on care home residents and social care staff in England and Wales. These mortality figures, alongside differential treatment of residents and staff during the pandemic, are conceptualized as a form of...

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Discriminatory abuse: time to revive a forgotten form of abuse?

Mason, Karl; Biswas Sasidharan, Anusree; Cooper, Adi; … - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 24 (2022) 2, pp. 115-125

Purpose Discriminatory abuse has been a distinct category of abuse in safeguarding adults policy since 2000, but it is rarely used in practice, according to recent official statistics. As part of a larger project, the authors undertook a literature review to clarify the concept, explore reasons...

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Does successful work experience mitigate weight‐ and gender‐based employment discrimination in face‐to‐face industrial selling?

Bellizzi, Joseph A.; Hasty, Ronald W. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 15 (2000) 6, pp. 384-398

employment discrimination in cases involving women and overweight industrial salespeople. The study was conducted in a salesforce …

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Trust formation and experiences of prejudice and discrimination of Roma entrepreneurs in Finland

Anttonen, Ritva - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 2 (2008) 2, pp. 124-139

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and to gain an understanding of the prejudices and discrimination … result of the study, how Roma entrepreneurs observe and understand discrimination against them in the business world is … experienced prejudice and discrimination in interactions with revenue offices, TE‐Centres (Employment and Economic Development …

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Patterns of entrepreneurship of Arab women in Israel

Mohammed Abu‐Asbah, Khaled; Heilbrunn, Sibylle - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 5 (2011) 3, pp. 184-198

entrepreneurship evolving under conditions of double discrimination characterizing the situation of Arab women entrepreneurs in Israel … had been reached. Findings – In line with the literature, it was found that under conditions of double discrimination a … patterns emerging under conditions of discrimination. It is believed to be one of the very first studies directly investigating …

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Race and gender discrimination in the labor market: an urban and rural sector analysis for Brazil

Loureiro, Paulo R.A.; Galrão Carneiro, Francisco; … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 31 (2004) 2, pp. 129-143

The article investigates the existence of discrimination in the urban and rural labor markets in Brazil. Tests the …, and in another share that reflects the existence of discrimination. The analysis is carried out with microdata from the … existence of strong discrimination by gender and race, besides the presence of substantial wage differentials between urban and …

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Occupational gender wage discrimination in Turkey

Kara, Orhan - In: Journal of Economic Studies 33 (2006) 2, pp. 130-143

estimate the occupational gender wage discrimination in Turkey where strenuous attempts are underway to modernize and negotiate … Blinder and Oaxaca's approach to measure the effect of wage discrimination. In order to correct a possible sample selection … study estimates the gender wage discrimination at occupational levels in Turkey by correcting the possible sample selection …

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Gender Discrimination in the British Labour Market: A Reassessment

Ermisch, John F; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

discrimination. Using data collected in the 1980 Women and Employment Survey, we find that women's wages would be between 20 and 25 … per cent higher in the absence of discrimination. This is somewhat higher than previous estimates have indicated. …

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