Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1: An International Perspective -- CHAPTER 2: Affirmative Action in India -- CHAPTER 3: Affirmative Action in Malaysia -- CHAPTER 4: Affirmative Action in Sri Lanka -- CHAPTER 5: Affirmative Action in Nigeria -- CHAPTER 6: Affirmative Action in the United...

In this paper, we investigate empirically whether there are differences in labor market outcomes according to workers' region of birth. We also investigate whether wage differentials by region of birth are due to taste discrimination, statistical discrimination as measurement error, or both of...

Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) employees constitute one of the largest, but least studied, minority groups in the workforce. This article examines what we know, and what we need to know, about the career and workplace experiences of this understudied population. The construct of sexual identity...

Mental disorders collectively account for 4 of the 10 leading causes of disability and represent more than 15% of the overall burden of disease in the United States ( SAMHSA, 1999 ). The first Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health reported that in 1999 nearly 20 million American adults...

Introduces a collection of papers originally presented at the 79th Applied Econometrics Association Conference which was organised with the specific aim of stimulating discussion on the ''econometrics of wages''. Topics of particular focus include gender wage gaps and wage discrimination. The...