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On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?
Fischer, Justina A.V.; Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797698
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On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731456
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On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007
This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … countries. We employ measures of discrimination of women in the economy, in politics, and in society more generally. According … to our results, discrimination in politics is important to individual well-being. Overall, men and women are more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649434
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The Gender Wage Gap: Does a Gender Gap in Reservation Wages Play a Part?
Caliendo, Marco; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Mahlstedt, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper focuses on re-examining the gender wage gap and the potential role that reservation wages play. Based on two waves of rich data from the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey we examine the importance of gender differences in reservation wages to explain the gender gap in realized wages for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795360
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Women and the Italian economy
Bianco, Magda; Lotti, Francesca; Zizza, Roberta - Banca d'Italia - 2013
” discrimination, i.e. when the labour market rewards traits more commonly found in men even when they have no bearing on specific job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105111
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Occupational Pattern, Wage Rates and Earning Disparities in India: A Decomposition Analysis
MUKHERJEE, DIPA; MAJUMDER, RAJARSHI - In: Indian Economic Review 46 (2011) 1, pp. 131-152
discrimination during entry and wage setting, and that by endowment in explaining the occupational and earning disparities have been … Discrimination and Endowment gaps. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368441
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"Geography And Gender: Why Does the Gender Earnings Ratio Vary Across U.S. States?"
Hoffman, Saul D. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2013
The gender earnings ratio for year-round full-time workers varies substantially across U.S. states, with a range of 24 percentage points. I examine the source of this variation to assess whether it is genuine or reflects compositional differences that vary across state. Using CPS data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815435
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"Why Does the Gender Earnings Gap Vary Across U.S. States? Fixed Effect Models of Male and Female Earnings"
Hoffman, Saul D. - Department of Economics, Lerner College of Business and … - 2012
: A recent Census Bureau report shows that the gender earnings ratio for year-round full-time workers varies substantially across states, with a range of 24 percentage points. In this paper, I examine this variation by estimating state-fixed effect models of earnings for men and women, using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691574
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Determinants of the Employment Status of Indigenous Australians: The Role of Crime.
Borland, J.; Hunter, B. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997
This study examines the determinants of the employment status of Indigenous Australians using data from the 1994 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Survey.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971404
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518218