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How accurately are household surveys measuring the size and inequalities for the LGBT population in Bogota, Colombia? Evidence from a list experiment

Ham, Andrés; Guarin, Angela; Ruiz, Juanita - 2023

market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT population and estimate labor market inequalities …'s statistical visibility, additional steps are required before household surveys may be used to consistently estimate discrimination …

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Challenges for measuring the LGBT+ population and homophobia in Mexico

Gutiérrez, Emilio Fernandez; Rubli, Adrian - 2023

We contribute to understanding the challenges for estimating the size of the LGBTQ+ population and discriminatory sentiment against it by surveying 10,003 individuals, whom we randomize into a direct question or an Item Count Technique (ICT) elicitation group. The fractions of the population...

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The Effect of Perceived Regional Accents on Individual Economic Behavior: A Lab Experiment on Linguistic Performance, Cognitive Ratings and Economic Decisions

Heblich, Stephan; Lameli, Alfred; Riener, Gerhard - 2014

-group opponent. Our findings demonstrate, firstly, that the perception of an out-group accent leads not only to social discrimination …

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What's in a Name?

Aura, Saku; Hess, Gregory D. - 2004

discrimination may also be a factor. …

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Competition, Takeovers and Gender Discrimination

Heyman, Fredrik; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008

Theories of taste-based discrimination predict that competitive pressures will drive discriminatory behavior out of the …

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Analysis of gender wage differential in China's urban labor market

Su, Biwei; Heshmati, Almas - 2011

referred to as discrimination turns out to be higher when the adjustment is made for the selection bias. A further breakdown of …, followed by their working experience. On the other hand, education acts as a contributor for discrimination in the labor market. …

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Gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market

Li, Ian W.; Miller, Paul W. - 2012

This paper examines gender discrimination in the Australian graduate labour market, using data from the Graduate …

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Myth or fact? The beauty premium across the wage distribution

Doorley, Karina; Sierminska, Eva - 2012

We apply an innovative technique to allow for differential effects of physical appearance and self-confidence across the wage distribution, as traditional methods can confound opposing effects at either end of the wage distribution. Comparing the effects of beauty and confidence measures in two...

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Women's work after war

Kleykamp, Meredith A. - 2010

In the more than 30 years following the all-volunteer force (AVF), the proportion of women serving in the military has increased from 1.8 percent just before the AVF to 14.2 percent in 2008. The majority of women do not stay in the military for a 20-year or longer career; like men, most women...

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Do labour market conditions affect the extent of gender discrimination?

Arceo, Eva; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - 2016

discrimination. In this paper we aim at analysing the effect of local labour market conditions on a firm's decision to discriminate …. We use a direct measure of discrimination using online job advertisements which use ascriptive characteristics (such as … discrimination. In theory, the effect of the unemployment rate on discrimination is ambiguous. Using data from over 300,000 online …

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