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In this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally representative surveys on household wealth conducted during 1991-92 and 2002-03. According to our findings, the groups in India that are...
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) affects socio-economic outcomes. In the context of minority-majority relations, social distances and segregation determine the … interaction with the larger society. I interpret the reversal of the segregation trend that occurred in the late 1970s as a …
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prejudiced occupations. We show that our segregation results are largely driven by those gay and lesbian workers with disclosed … with productive skills and vocational preferences. Our segregation estimates are generally large and consistent with …
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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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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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sector of work and facing a large institutionalized pay difference. This raises the question whether segregation and …-based educational, occupational and industry segregation and wage gaps in Trinidad and Tobago’s private and public sector and its … segregation are with 7% in terms of the Karmel-Maclachlan index low and lower than respective gender-based segregation over the …
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racism and the detrimental effects of racial segregation. I would like to suggest that while the cultural and identity … description of the research I concentrate on the ways in which neighborhood and school segregation function to limit opportunities …
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segregation lead to better performance? In this paper we show that, at least with respect to municipalities inhabited by a … disadvantaged minority, the costs of segregation could be quite substantial. We examine one fiscal performance indicator in the …
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We study workplace segregation in the United States using a unique matched employer employee data set that we have … created. We present measures of workplace segregation by education and language, and by race and ethnicity, and - since skill … generating workplace segregation by race and ethnicity. We define segregation based on the extent to which workers are more or …
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between categorical thinking and segregation. This causality was suggested by Fryer and Jackson (2008). The present model … social identity; consequently, this paper supports the argument that segregation may not be malevolent in origin. …
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