significant determinant of the gender wage gap. Taste-based discrimination mechanisms appear to be significant as well, but small …This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and … imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the presence of taste-based discrimination and of other firm-level mechanisms …

common to attribute them to discrimination by the employer that is rooted in prejudice against female workers. Yet recent … empirical evidence suggests that, to a large extent, the gaps reflect “monopsonistic” wage discrimination—that is, employers …

Scholars have gone to great lengths to chart the incidence of ethnic labour market discrimination. To effectively … mitigate this discrimination, however, we need to understand its underlying mechanisms because different mechanisms lead to …-based and statistical discrimination against the empirical reality. First, we observed that the measurement operationalisation …

, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and non-Georgians. The gender wage discrimination is … larger than the ethnic wage discrimination. In the second estimation stage, these wage discrimination estimates are used in a … associated with increased ethnic wage discrimination - in line with the predictions of Becker's theory of discrimination. …

, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and non-Georgians. The gender wage discrimination is … larger than the ethnic wage discrimination. In the second estimation stage, these wage discrimination estimates are used in a … associated with increased ethnic wage discrimination–in line with the predictions of Becker's theory of discrimination …

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …

most from transition to the market. Still today, nearly forty years after the introduction of the EU's 1975 Discrimination … attention concerns the 'double' discrimination facing Roma women. Not only do Roma women face poorer employment and wage … outcomes in the labour market than non-Roma women, in most CSEE countries the gender wage gap is significantly larger amongst …

fixed effects estimation. We obtain modest but significant effects of fetal growth rate on math and reading scores, with the …