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Unpacking name-based race discrimination

Abel, Martin; Burger, Rulof - 2023

We investigate the extent and underlying mechanisms of how race beliefs associated with applicants' names affect hiring decisions. Using nationally representative data, we find widespread beliefs that people with names perceived to be Black possess lower levels of education, productivity and...

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Two Notes of Discrimination and Decomposition.

Nielsen, H.S. - School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi - 1998

It turns out that the Oaxaca-Blinder wage decomposition is inadequate when it comes to calculation of separate contributions for indicator variables. The contributions are not robust against a change of reference group. I extend the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to handle this problem.

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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The population of most developed societies is ‘graying’. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these...

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Class discrimination and meritocracy in the labor market: evidence from Chile

Núnez, Javier; Gutiérrez, Roberto - In: Estudios de Economia 31, 2 Year 2004, pp. 113-132

This paper studies class discrimination and meritocracy in the Chilean labor market. Employing a dataset rich in … employer discrimination. This gap is larger than gaps reported elsewhere for gender, race and physical appearance. Meritocracy …

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Business Practices of Wal-Mart in Northwest Indiana

Rao, Surekha; O'Dell, CYnthia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Wal-Mart symbolizes the strength of economic and commercial activity in any region. Wal-Mart has built a business empire on its low-cost model. Customers love Wal-Mart stores for its low prices. At the same time, Wal-Mart is under a barrage of criticism for labor practices and indirect burdens...

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The Overlap of the Federal Sex Discrimination and Industrial Relations Jurisdictions: Intersections and Demarcations in Conciliation

Charlesworth, Sara - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 6 (2003) 4, pp. 559-577

The jurisdictional overlap created between federal industrial relations and sex discrimination law from the late 1980s … promised to provide working women with greater scope to pursue claims of sex discrimination. Drawing on an analysis of … relations and sex discrimination law provides a space for challenges to sex discrimination in employment from different vantage …

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The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide

Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 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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Measuring the Effect of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Future Wages of Black Students.

Constantine, J.M. - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 1994

This paper estimates the effect of attending historically black college and universities (HBCUs) on future wages of black students.

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Implicit Prejudice and Ethnic Minorities: Arab-Muslims in Sweden

Agerström, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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

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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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