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Labour as a buffer : do temporary workers suffer?

Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - 2002

minorities and women may be more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than comparable white males. Using three different British … the degree to which women and/or ethnic minorities are more likely to be on temporary contracts and estimate any …

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Do generous parental leave policies help top female earners?

Corekcioglu, Gozde; Francesconi, Marco; Kunze, Astrid - 2020

Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women's careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …

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Caste, ethnicity and poverty in rural India

Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …

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Equilibrium search and the impact of equal opportunities for women

Coles, Melvyn Glyn; Francesconi, Marco - 2017

differential effects of women's ability and charm on female match incentives. We use these results to assess the separate impacts … of the arrival of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and the advent of the contraceptive pill on female …

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Enclaves, language and the location choice of migrants

Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002

Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that...

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Sibling rivalry in educational attainment : the German case

Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...

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What are migration networks?

Bauer, Thomas K.; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2000

Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant's country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants' location choice.

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Is child like parent? : educational attainment and ethnic origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

The speed at which immigrants assimilate is the subject of debate. Human capital formation plays a major role in this discussion. This paper compares the educational attainment of second generation immigrants to those of natives in the same age cohort. Evidence using a large German data set...

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Ethnic networks and international trade

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The influence of others on migration plans

Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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