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In defense of Private Discrimination: The case for religious freedom to deny services to individuals
Yanovskiy, Konstantin; Zhavoronkov, Sergey; … - Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy - 2015
Advocates of the war against discrimination and affirmative action claim it is necessary to set up additional … there is no set definition of a minority who suffered from discrimination in the past (Historically Excluded Groups [HEGs … authorities) as well as the behavior of bureaucrats who have the authority to defend people against discrimination. Incentives and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264760
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The Politics of Social Protection in Ghana : Policy Reform in a Competitive African Democracy (2000-2014)
Grebe, Eduard - 2017
The Kufuor (New Patriotic Party) administration of 2000-2008 implemented substantial reforms of the contributory social insurance system (including the introduction of a national health insurance scheme and a new 'three tier' pensions system), and introduced a range of social assistance schemes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957414
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Decentralization and Local Ethnic Favoritism : Micro-Level Panel Evidence from Indonesia
van Hoorn, André; Rademakers, Robbert - 2021
Whereas ethnoregional favoritism by national leaders is widely studied, ethnic favoritism at lower government levels is likely a more salient source of ethnic resentment. Relying on individual-level panel data from Indonesia and a historical instrument we establish that ethnic favoritism is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233954
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Data sources on migrants' labour market and education integration in Austria
Huber, Peter; Fink, Marian; Horvath, Gerard Thomas - 2020
As part of a larger research project, we survey existing data sets and research results on immigrants' integration success in Austria focusing on educational and labour market outcomes. We consider different registers as well as survey data available to researchers on a regular basis and compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319585
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Retirement Prospects of Divorced Women in the Baby Boom and Generation X Cohorts
Butrica, Barbara A. - 2015
experience, Social Security benefit status, and economic well-being of future divorced women at age 70 by race and ethnicity … ethnicity. However, because divorced black and Hispanic women are less likely than divorced white women to have these attributes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037253
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Ethnic diversity and attitudes towards redistribution: a review of the literature
Stichnoth, Holger; van der Straeten, Karine - 2009
We review the empirical literature that studies the effect of ethnic diversity on the welfare state and on individual attitudes. The outcome variables that we cover in the survey are on the one hand public spending, and on the other hand individual attitudes and behaviour, including charity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298807
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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299930
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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600915
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Data sources on migrants' labour market and education integration in Austria
Huber, Peter; Fink, Marian; Horvath, Gerard Thomas - 2020
As part of a larger research project, we survey existing data sets and research results on immigrants' integration success in Austria focusing on educational and labour market outcomes. We consider different registers as well as survey data available to researchers on a regular basis and compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012384095
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The Changing Economic Circumstances of the Elderly : Income, Wealth, and Social Security
Smith, James P. - 2011
How is the economic status of the elderly changing and what are their prospects for the future? My portrait tells us how well off they are on average, but also about the vast disparities that exist among them. This description includes an often neglected measure of their economic well-being -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125984