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Skin Tone's Decreasing Importance on Employment: Evidence from a Longitudinal Dataset, 1985-2000

Akee, Randall K. Q.; Yuksel, Mutlu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We investigate the effect of skin tone on employment probabilities in a longitudinal data set. Using an objective measure of skin tone from a light-spectrometer and a self-reported measure of race we find that over time the effect of skin tone on employment has diminished. These results hold...

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An Extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Technique to Logit and Probit Models

Fairlie, Robert W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique cannot be used directly, however, if the outcome is binary and the coefficients …

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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

documents and analyses this seeming puzzle. The religion gap in survival is much larger than the gender gap but, in contrast to … the gender gap, it has not received much political or academic attention. A decomposition of the survival differential …

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Gender, Educational Attainment, and the Impact of Parental Migration on Children Left Behind

Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes. This paper suggests a novel way of addressing this...

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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …

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Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany

Mocan, Naci; Raschke, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

and anti-Semitic feelings towards German citizens who differ in ethnicity (Aussiedler from Eastern Europe) or in religion …. The results are not gender-driven. They are not an artifact of economic conditions triggering feelings about job priority …

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Trust of Second Generation Immigrants: Intergenerational Transmission or Cultural Assimilation?

Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

, that differences in trust levels between the two host countries increase with acculturation. …

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Does Bilateral Trust Affect International Movement of Goods and Labor?

Spring, Eva; Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

separately with eight indicators of genetic ("somatic") distance between country-pairs. These indicators work equally well at the …

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Top Team Diversity and Business Performance: Latent Class Analysis for Firms and Cities

Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A growing number of studies find linkages between workforce diversity and business performance, but key aspects of this relationship remain unclear. First, within the firm, the role of 'top team' demography on firm outcomes is surprisingly little understood. Second, urban location may amplify...

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Scale, Diversity, and Determinants of Labour Migration in Europe

Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the determinants and scale of European migration. It surveys previous historical experiences and empirical findings including the recent Eastern enlargements....

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