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Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
Jaschke, Philipp; Sardoschau, Sulin; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper studies the effects of threat on convergence to local culture and economic assimilation of refugees, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016. We combine novel survey data on cultural preferences and economic outcomes of...
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The Missing Link? Using LinkedIn Data to Measure Race, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Employment Outcomes at Individual Companies
Berry, Alexander; Maloney, Elizabeth M.; Neumark, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter … pictures to identify race, ethnicity, and gender. We show that one can use LinkedIn data to obtain reasonably reliable measures … of workforce demographic composition by race, ethnicity, and gender, based on validation exercises comparing estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512147
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Granular Income Inequality and Mobility using IDDA : Exploring Patterns across Race and Ethnicity
Kondo, Illenin O.; Rinz, Kevin; Gubbay, Natalie; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
by race and ethnicity, using granular statistics describing income distributions, income mobility, and conditional income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635672
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Wars and the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities in the U.S
Ferrara, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This chapter reviews key literature studying the effects of wars on minority and underrepresented groups in U.S. labor markets in the 20th century. These labor markets, characterized by historically pervasive barriers to entry into certain occupations and industries, promotions, and fair pay for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421237
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Same As it Ever Was : Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Differences in Promotion for Academic Economists
Ginther, Donna K.; Kahn, Shulamit Beth; Milakhina, Daria - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025
examine gender and racial/ethnicity differentials in promotion of economists in economics and non-economics departments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015361414
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Which Mexicans Are White? : Enumerator-Assigned Race in the 1930 Census and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The authors explore unique complete-count data from the 1930 Census in which a respondent's race was assigned by enumerators and "Mexican" was one of the possible responses. Census enumerators frequently and selectively assigned a non-Mexican race--predominantly "white"--to U.S.-born individuals...
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Parental Leave : Economic Incentives and Cultural Change
Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The distribution of parental leave uptake and childcare activities continues to conform to traditional gender roles. In 2002, with the goal of increasing gender equality, Sweden added a second "daddy month," i.e., an additional month of pay-related parental leave reserved exclusively for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056165
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Movies
Michalopulos, Stelios; Rauh, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core values and beliefs? These questions drive our investigation into the relationship between a society's oral tradition and the financial success of films. We combine...
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Ethnographic Records, Folklore, and AI
Michalopulos, Stelios - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025
In this Handbook chapter, I examine how integrating ethnographic and folklore records has shaped research on culture and economics in the 21st century. Advances in text analysis techniques and the incorporation of historical and satellite data have transformed the field. I explore how George...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015398152
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Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior
Haushofer, Johannes; Lowes, Sara; Musau, Abednego; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
While observational evidence suggests that people behave more prosocially towards members of their own ethnic group, many laboratory studies fail to find this effect. One possible explanation is that coethnic preference only emerges during times of stress. To test this hypothesis, we...
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