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Does labor market tightness affect ethnic discrimination in hiring?
Carlsson, Magnus; Fumarco, Luca; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2018
Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795152
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The consequences of cumulative discrimination : how special schooling influences employment and wages of Roma in the Czech Republic
O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Brüggemann, Christian - 2013
Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of educational attainment on the one hand or labour marked discrimination on the other - or both. A number of studies have found that significant labour market inequalities persist even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010197090
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Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination : the case of indigenous Australians
Duncan, Alan S.; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Tarverdi, Yashar - 2016
We assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians' perceptions of discrimination in the labour market. We find that statistical measures are largely unrelated to discrimination reports among males and negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477348
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Ethnic employment gaps of graduates in the Netherlands
Bisschop, Paul; Weel, Bas ter; Zwetsloot, Jelle - 2020
This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006 …-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish … education, which is a group of graduates with many people from ethnic minorities. We document ethnic employment gaps by using an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295193
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Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Labor Market : Employment and Wage Differentials by Skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel - 2014
In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053443
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Racial discrimination in the US labor market : employment and wage differentials by skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Bradley, Jake; Tarasonis, Linas - 2014
In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355697
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Racial discrimination in the US labor market : employment and wage differentials by skill
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Bradley, Jake; Tarasonis, Linas - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010362572
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The labor market in South Africa, 2000-2017 : the legacy of apartheid and demand for skills have resulted in high, persistent inequality and high unemployment
Mosomi, Jacqueline; Wittenberg, Martin - 2020
world, it was not spared from the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. The economy has not recovered and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012209991
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Ethnic employment gaps of graduates in the Netherlands
Bisschop, Paul; Weel, Bas ter; Zwetsloot, Jelle - 2020
This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006 …-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish … education, which is a group of graduates with many people from ethnic minorities. We document ethnic employment gaps by using an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427686
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Minimum wages and racial discrimination in hiring : evidence from a field experiment
Brandon, Alec; Holz, Justin E.; Simon, Andrew; Uchida, … - 2023
When minimum wages increase, employers may respond to the regulatory burdens by substituting away from disadvantaged workers. We test this hypothesis using a correspondence study with 35,000 applications around ex-ante uncertain minimum wage increases in three U.S. states. Before the increases,...
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