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Minority groups and success in election primaries

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018

In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in primary elections. Using a unique dataset of candidates in Israeli primaries, we find that while being a new immigrant, a woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral...

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Re-exhuming the old hatchet : the effects of affirmative action policies on political preferences in post-apartheid South Africa

Belmonte, Alessandro; Ticchi, Davide; Ubaldi, Michele - 2025

This paper studies whether affirmative action policies towards the outsider group may foster a backlash by the insider one. We exploit the unique historical context provided by the legacy of apartheid in democratic South Africa. We found that the completion of the affirmative action legislation...

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Jewish occupational attainment in the antebellum United States : filling a gap in the literature

Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2025

variables that impact the occupational income score, Jews have a significantly higher score, which is the equivalent of about … higher occupational status is consistent with patterns found elsewhere for American Jews for the 18th century and throughout …

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The occupational attainment of American Jewish men in the mid-19th Century

Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2023

higher probability of being Jewish. The men identified as Jews had a higher probability of being professionals, managers, and … native born, living in the South, and living in an urban area. Controlling for a set of these variables, Jews have a … status is consistent with patterns found elsewhere for American Jews throughout the 20th century. …

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Family planning and ethnic heritage : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo; Falco, Chiara - 2024

Family planning is a critical issue in countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where high fertility rates coexist with low contraceptive use alongside ad- verse perinatal outcomes. Using a combination of ethnographic, ecological, and folklore data, we investigate the role played in...

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School racial segregation and late-life cognition

Lin, Zhuoer; Wang, Yi; Gill, Thomas M.; Chen, Xi - 2024

Disparities in cognition persist between non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, Black) and non-Hispanic White (hereafter, White) older adults, and are possibly influenced by early educational differences stemming from structural racism. However, the relationship between school racial segregation and...

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Inequality in the economics profession

Singhal, Karan; Sierminska, Eva - 2024

This chapter presents evidence of the challenges faced by women and underrepresented minorities in Economics. It, first, examines the demographics of the economics profession, highlighting significant disparities in representation. Despite some progress, under representation remains prevalent at...

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M-health apps and physical and mental health outcomes of sexual minorities

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

Given the assigned health inequalities faced by sexual minorities, it is fitting to assess whether m-health could be associated with better health-related outcomes for these sexual minorities. The present study examines associations between m-physical and m-mental health apps and sexual...

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Do beliefs in the model minority stereotype reduce attention to inequality that adversely affects Asian Americans?

Chen, Shuai; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Wiese, Juliane - 2024

We study whether the model minority stereotype about Asian Americans (e.g., hard-working, intelligent) reduces people's attention to inequality that adversely affects Asians. In a nationally representative US sample (N=3,257), we find that around 90% of the participants either moderately or...

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Social rejection, family acceptance, economic recession and physical and mental health of sexual minorities

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

Utilizing two panel datasets covering the periods 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, the study examines whether social rejection, family acceptance, and economic conditions bear an association with self-rated physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Social rejection bears a negative association...

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