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Wage discrimination against immigrants: Measurement with firm-level productivity data

Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 15, pp. 1-24

This paper is one of the first to use employer-employee data on wages and labor productivity to measure discrimination against immigrants. We build on an identification strategy proposed by Bartolucci (Ind Labor Relat Rev 67(4):1166-1202, 2014) and address firm fixed effects and endogeneity...

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L'union fait la force? Evidence for Wage Discrimination in Firms with High Diversity

Grinza, Elena; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - 2018

Measuring the economic impact of coworkers from different countries of origin sparked intense scrutiny in labor economics, albeit with an uncomfortable methodological limitation. Most attempts involved metrics that eliminate most of the economically relevant distances among different countries...

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Do anti-discrimination policies work?

Valfort, Marie-Anne - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)

Discrimination is a complex, multi-factor phenomenon. Evidence shows widespread discrimination on various grounds, including ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or beliefs, disability, being over 55 years old, or being a woman. Combating discrimination requires combining...

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When Do Gender Wage Differences Emerge? A Study of Azerbaijan's Labor Market

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Sinha, Nistha; … - 2016

entrants begin with little or no gender differences in earnings, but a wage gap gradually emerges over time closer to the …

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The labor market in South Africa, 2000-2017

Mosomi, Jacqueline; Wittenberg, Martin - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)

The South African economy was on a positive growth trajectory from 2003 to 2008 but, like other economies around the world, it was not spared from the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. The economy has not recovered and employment in South Africa has not yet returned to its pre-crisis...

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The impact of affirmative action on the gendered: Occupational segregation in South Africa

Klasen, Stephan; Minasyan, Anna - 2018

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We estimate the effects of the Employment Equity Act of 1998, the Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2003 and the Codes of Good Conduct in 2007 on (Black) female employment in top...

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Gender Differences in Earnings and Labor Supply in Early Career: Evidence from Kosovo's School-to-Work Transition Survey

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2013

, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … other characteristics, tends to fully offset the gender wage gap. Not surprisingly, the returns to women's education among … women. When the analysis controls for sample selection bias and heterogeneity, the returns to women's education rise …

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Geringere Chancen auf ein gesundes Leben für LGBTQI*-Menschen

Kasprowski, David; Fischer, Mirjam; Chen, Xiao; de … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 88 (2021) 6, pp. 80-88

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LGBTQI* People in Germany Face Staggering Health Disparities

Kasprowski, David; Fischer, Mirjam; Chen, Xiao; de … - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 5/6, pp. 42-50

Discrimination and rejection experienced by LGBTQI* people affect their mental health and, in the long term, their … physical health as well. Survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel and Bielefeld University show that LGBTQI* people in Germany … are affected by negative mental health outcomes three to four times more often than the rest of the population. Poor …

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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey

Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34

, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … to women’s education among employed women are low because there is little variation in educational attainment among the … to women’s education rise, confirming the lower productivity-related characteristics of non-employed women compared to …

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