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Religious minorities and provision of public goods: Evidence from rural West Bengal
Das, Pranab Kumar; Kar, Saibal; Kayal, Madhumanti - 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India. In several districts of West Bengal in India...
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Religious minorities and provision of public goods : evidence from rural West Bengal
Pranab Kumar Das; Kar, Saibal; Kayal, Madhumanti - 2011
; discrimination ; welfare ; West Bengal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522529
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Religious Minorities and Provision of Public Goods : Evidence from Rural West Bengal
Das, Pranab Kumar - 2011
Religious and ethnic minorities across the world face partisan treatment with regard to provision of public goods, either as outcome of discriminatory practices or due to historical antecedents, such as the caste and religious divides in India. In several districts of West Bengal in India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117832
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The educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Cekota, Jaromir; Trentini, Claudia - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2011
This paper investigates the educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma adults in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania based on data from the generations and gender surveys and other sources of information. It shows that in spite of a small improvement in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364726
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Utsatthetens olika ansikten: Begreppsöversikt och analys
Alm, Susanne; Bäckman, Olof; Gavanas, Anna; Kumlin, Johanna - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2010
This paper has two purposes: the first is to give an introduction to and an analysis of the most important concepts for describing social disadvantage in contemporary Sweden – poverty, social exclusion and the concept “utanförskap”. The latter is difficult to give a proper English...
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Ethno-Confessional Realities in the Romanian Area: Historical Perspectives (XVIII-XX centuries)
Brie, Mircea; Şipoş, Sorin; Horga, Ioan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Ethno-Confessional Realities in the Romanian Area: Historical Perspectives (XVII-XX Centuries) This present collective volume, coordinated by Mircea Brie, Sorin Şipoş and Ioan Horga, contains the papers of the international conference Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the...
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Diversity and Public Goods: a Natural Experiment with Exogeneous Residential Allocation
Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705540
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What can life satisfaction data tell us about discrimination against sexual minorities? : a structural equation model for Australia and the United Kingdom
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Wooden, Mark - 2014
Very little is known about how the differential treatment of sexual minorities could influence subjective reports of overall well-being. This paper seeks to fill this gap. Data from two large surveys that provide nationally representative samples for two different countries - Australia (the...
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Discrimination against migrants in Austria : an experimental study
Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2015
results document employment discrimination for all groups with migration background, it is most pronounced for applicants with … an African, i.e. Nigerian, background. To explain why and when discrimination occurs, a battery of firm and job specific … explain the actual level of discrimination. Discrimination in Austria therefore seems to be a general phenomenon driven by …
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