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We investigate the possibility that labor market discrimination affects economic outcomes in the complementary capital … market. Previous research contains ample theoretical justification, and empirical evidence, that discrimination affects wages … and employment in labor markets. However, the effects of discrimination against minority labor on transactions in markets …
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The paper explains how workers' expectations of being discriminated against can be self-confirming, accounting for the persistence of unequal outcomes in the labour market even beyond the causes that originally generated them. The theoretical framework used is a two-stage game of incomplete...
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This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … and survey information indicate that local and wholesale buyers do not have different tastes for discrimination. This … suggests that market competition can eliminate the discrimination of wholesale buyers …
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In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination against landlords by analyzing whether Arab (minority) landlords … receive fewer inquiries than Jewish (non-minority) landlords for available apartments for rent. Two hundred and forty …-eight fictitious advertisements for apartments for rent were advertised, half with names signaling Jewish individuals and half with …
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We measure and analyze discriminatory behavior against same-sex couples trying to rent an apartment in Portugal. This … is the first correspondence field experiment investigating discrimination against this minority group in Portugal, adding … married, stable and professional. The main finding is that male same-sex couples face significant discrimination: The …
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Drawing on survey data on emigration intentions in Latvia, this paper studies emigration intentions of minorities. The paper shows, that after controlling for other factors, the probability of emigration of a Russian minority individual is higher than that of a majority individual. For Russian...
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Each worker belongs to either the majority or the minority group and, irrespective of the group she belongs to, can have good or bad work habits. These traits are transmitted from one generation to the next through a learning and imitation process which depends on parents' purposeful investment...
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discrimination, but it may also induce a reaction from individuals who were not acting in a biased way …
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Designing technical systems to be resistant to bias and discrimination represents vital new terrain for researchers …, policymakers, and the anti-discrimination project more broadly. We consider bias and discrimination in the context of popular … with issues of bias, discrimination, and exclusion in the study and design of intimate platforms …
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Kingdom. We motivate our analysis using a simple model of discrimination in lending, which predicts that profits should be …
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