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How Racial Measures Affect the Estimation of Racial Inequality

Rademakers, Robbert; van Hoorn, André - 2022

’ race. Analyzing the same set of individuals, results confirm that estimated racial inequalities vary greatly depending on … the measure of race considered. The endogeneity of measured race with respect to socioeconomic status seems to account for … part of the variation in estimated racial inequalities across the four race measures. …

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Social Exclusion and Jobs Reservation in India

Borooah, Vani - 2010

This paper argues that social exclusion robs people of their "confidence" and this loss adversely affects their capacity to function effectively. We may not be able to define confidence precisely but we know it when we have it and also when we lack it. In a “just” society, no group should...

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Racial Disparities in Job Finding and Offered Wages

Fryer, Roland G.; Pager, Devah; Spenkuch, Jörg L. - 2011

consistent with a search-matching model in which employers statistically discriminate on the basis of race when hiring unemployed …

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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture

Kohler, Pierre - 2012

This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...

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Social diversification, injustices, and Pareto optimality with non-binary preferences

Berdellima, Arian; Naqvi, Nadeem - 2012

We prove the existence of a Pareto optimal state of a finite society that has socially differentiated persons, each with non-binary personal preferences that quasi-order a finite set of alternatives. Everybody engages in a volitional act of choice by maximization of non-binary preferences. As a...

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Stereotypes, segregation, and ethnic inequality

Yuki, Kazuhiro - 2012

Disparities in economic outcomes among different ethnic, racial, or religious groups continue to be serious concerns in most economies. Relative economic standings of different groups are rather persistent, although some groups initially in disadvantaged positions successfully caught up with...

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Ethno-Confessional Realities in the Romanian Area: Historical Perspectives (XVIII-XX centuries)

Brie, Mircea; Şipoş, Sorin; Horga, Ioan - 2011

Ethno-Confessional Realities in the Romanian Area: Historical Perspectives (XVII-XX Centuries) This present collective volume, coordinated by Mircea Brie, Sorin Şipoş and Ioan Horga, contains the papers of the international conference Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the...

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Pink Work: Same-Sex Marriage, Employment and Discrimination

Sansone, Dario - 2018

This paper analyzes how the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S. affected gay and lesbian couples in the labor market. Results from a difference-in-difference model show that both partners in same-sex couples were more likely to be employed, to have a full-time contract, and to work...

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Annual income, hourly wages, and identity Among Mexican Americans and other Latinos

Mason, Patrick L. - 2004

This article examines heterogeneity and income inequality among Hispanic Americans. Two processes that influence Hispanic heterogeneity include acculturation and labor market discrimination because of skin shade/phenotype. I focus on Hispanics because of their variation in phenotype, color,...

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Race and Marriage in the Labor Market: A Discrimination Correspondence Study in a Developing Country

Arceo-Gomez, Eva O.; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - 2013

market using official statistics since race can only be inferred from native language. Moreover, employers may think that …

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