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Discrimination and Skill Differences in an Equilibrium Search Model

Bowlus, Audra J; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

workers with the same (observed) human capital but different appearance (race): unobserved productivity (skill), search …

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Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey

Dohmen, Thomas J; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Schupp, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

. We test the behavioral relevance of this survey measure by conducting a complementary field experiment, based on a …

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Gender and the Labor Market: What Have We Learned from Field and Lab Experiments?

Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …

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Insidious Discrimination? Disentangling the Beauty Premium on a Game Show

Belot, Michèle; Bhaskar, Venkataraman; Van de Ven, Jeroen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper analyzes behaviour on a TV game show where players' monetary payoffs depend upon an array of factors, including ability in answering questions, perceived cooperativeness and the willingness of other players to choose them. We find a substantial beauty premium and are able to...

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Children, Kitchen, Church: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Gender role attitudes are well-known determinants of female labour supply. This paper examines the strength of those …

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Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F; Zimmermann, Laura - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

for males and females separately, and controlling for pre- and post-migration characteristics. We find strong gender …

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Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity

Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

The paper investigates the role of social norms as a determinant of individual attitudes by analyzing risk proclivity reported by immigrants and natives in a unique representative German survey. We employ factor analysis to construct measures of immigrants’ ethnic persistence and assimilation....

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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.

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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

immigrants. Using unique German survey data, the paper identifies marked gender differences in the effects of ethnic …

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...

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