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is the first correspondence field experiment investigating discrimination against this minority group in Portugal, adding … married, stable and professional. The main finding is that male same-sex couples face significant discrimination: The …. The effect is even more negative in parishes where the population is older, and discrimination increases in magnitude over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615386
is the first correspondence field experiment investigating discrimination against this minority group in Portugal, adding … married, stable and professional. The main finding is that male same-sex couples face significant discrimination: The …. The effect is even more negative in parishes where the population is older, and discrimination increases in magnitude over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841579
We examine how variation in antisemitism across countries can be explained by economic freedom. We propose two mechanisms. First, the more economic freedom, the greater the scope of market activities. If people perceive the consequences of the market economy as detrimental, they will be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615425
We examine how variation in antisemitism across countries can be explained by economic freedom. We propose two mechanisms. First, the more economic freedom, the greater the scope of market activities. If people perceive the consequences of the market economy as detrimental, they will be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822543
performance, wage setting and discrimination. Generally, firms report positive experiences of having refugees as employees, but we … discrimination of them by staff or customers. While most firms agree with statements that wage cuts negatively affect worker cohesion …
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We present a field experiment conducted in order to explore the existence of ethnic discrimination in contact with … sense that the answer from the municipality started with a personal salutation. We conclude that ethnic discrimination is … prevalent in public sector contacts and that this discrimination has implications for the integration of immigrants and their …
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In this paper, we use a randomized field experiment in Sweden to investigate how self-employment experience is valued in the labor market. We find that self-employment experience negatively impacts the probability of receiving a positive response from employers. For male applicants, this holds...
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Social and cultural determinants of economic institutions and outcomes have come to the forefront of economic research. We introduce religiosity, measured as the share for which religion is important in daily life, to explain institutional quality in the form of property rights and the rule of...
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Religious beliefs and practices influence individual lives and societies in many ways. We study how religion affects self-assessed health, which in turn is important for both individual well-being and productivity. A religious background predicts worse health. As the previous literature has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917049
Religious beliefs and practices influence individual lives and societies in many ways. We study how religion affects self-assessed health, which in turn is important for both individual well-being and productivity. A religious background predicts worse health. As the previous literature has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014120652