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Pure ethnic gaps in educational attainment and school to work transitions: When do they arise?
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart - 2013
This article decomposes the observed gaps in educational attainment and school-to-work transitions between grandchildren of natives and immigrants in Belgium into (i) differences in observed family endowments and (ii) a residual pure ethnic gap. It innovates by explicitly taking delays in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293133
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Native-immigrant gaps in educational and school-to-work transitions in the second generation: The role of gender and ethnicity
Baert, Stijn; Heiland, Frank; Korenman, Sanders - 2014
We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find that both male and female second-generation immigrants,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481647
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Ethnic Employment Gaps of Graduates in the Netherlands
Bisschop, Paul; ter Weel, Bas; Zwetsloot, Jelle - 2020
This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish, Antillean and Surinamese origin and other (non-)western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322549
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Ethnic employment gaps of graduates in the Netherlands
Bisschop, Paul; ter Weel, Bas; Zwetsloot, Jelle - 2020
This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish, Antillean and Surinamese origin and other (non-)western...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427168
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The Russian-Ukrainian Earnings Divide
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2006
Ethnic differences are often considered to be powerful sources of diverse economic behavior. In this paper, we investigate whether and how ethnicity affects Ukrainian labor market outcomes. Using micro data from the Ukrainian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (ULMS) and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272282
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Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
Pope, Devin G.; Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - 2014
Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333376
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Challenges for measuring the LGBT+ population and homophobia in Mexico
Gutiérrez, Emilio Fernandez; Rubli, Adrian - 2023
We contribute to understanding the challenges for estimating the size of the LGBTQ+ population and discriminatory sentiment against it by surveying 10,003 individuals, whom we randomize into a direct question or an Item Count Technique (ICT) elicitation group. The fractions of the population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518218
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It's not that I'm a racist, it's that they are Roma: Roma discrimination and returns to education in South Eastern Europe
O'Higgins, Niall - 2009
extent of discrimination. The key results are that: the employment returns to education are lower for Roma than for non … to support the idea that a substantial part of the differential in labour market outcomes is due to discrimination …. Explanations of why Roma fare so badly tend to fall into one of two camps: 'low education' vs. 'discrimination'. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269008
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Dynamics and diversity: ethnic employment differences in England and Wales, 1991 - 2001
Clark, Kenneth; Drinkwater, Stephen - 2005
This paper uses microdata from the 1991 and 2001 Population Censuses to examine differences in the employment experiences of ethnic minorities living in England and Wales. It focuses on two main issues, firstly the extent to which the employment position of the main ethnic minority groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267616
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Measuring Labour Differences between Natives, Non-Natives, and Natives with an Ethnic-Minority Background
Drydakis, Nick - 2017
Through a field study we measure differences in employment outcomes between natives, non-natives, and natives with an ethnic-minority background. It is suggested that the joint effect of productivity uncertainties and distastes against ethnic-minority groups should be higher for non-natives than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744693