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We study gender discrimination in hiring markets by sending 19,130 fictitious matched resumes in response to … applicants. On one hand, this evidence supports the hypothesis that economic reform and the market economy may mitigate gender … discrimination. On the other hand, this evidence is consistent with statistics that describe discrimination based on gender …
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We use recent German survey data for over three decades to analyze long-run trends in occupational segregation. Segregation declines for both women and foreigners in Germany. However, using different ISCO classifications in given years, segregation tends to be a rather stable phenomenon.
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In 1978, Singapore was the first country to introduce legislation allowing foreign domestic workers (e.g. maids) to work in the country with special visas. Singapore, with its liberal wage policy (no minimum wage), is also the best quasi-natural experiment in determining how a reduction in the...
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This experiment compares the performance of two contest designs: a standard winner-take-all tournament with a single fixed prize, and a novel proportional-payment design in which that same prize is divided among contestants by their share of total achievement. We find that proportional prizes...
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This paper present an overview of the state of lifelong learning in Bulgaria from a gender perspective; reviews the … accordance with the European strategic objectives, including gender aspects. The analysis on the state and policies of the …
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minorities. Using an economic experiment, this study compares the gender gap in competitive inclination across three ethnic … groups in one county. The Han Chinese have no statistically significant gender gap while the patrilineal Yi women are … hypothesis that institutional changes can narrow the gender gap in competitive inclination. …
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The purpose of this paper is dual: on the one hand, to look into a synthesis of the complex meaning of poverty; on the other hand, to look into the concept of the feminization of poverty, through both its theoretical analysis and empirical evidence in Spain in recent literature. There are...
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mitigating discrimination in employment. However, accounting for sub-national regional gender heterogeneity reveals that the …
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gender norm leads to increased domestic violence. …
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Abstract This paper explores the main issues involved in examining the gender impact of international capital flows to …
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