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Using the 2005-2007 American Community Survey, we analyze the occupational segregation of workers by race and ethnicity …
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similar to that found using 2003 data on individual immigrants. Controls for extensive labor market characteristics and race …
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This paper explores the racial differences in politicians’ persistence in elections. Empirical data from California city council elections and a close election regression dis- continuity design (CERDD) suggest that losing an election causes 70% attrition in rerunning for office. After a loss,...
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instances, and proposed a model statute to address appropriate applications of citizen’s arrest. But I did not discuss race … citizen’s arrest doctrine, it is clear that citizen’s arrest in this country has been mostly about race. Coupled with the …
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This paper examines racial and ethnic differences in high cost mortgage lending in seven diverse metropolitan areas from 2004-2007. Even after controlling for credit score and other key risk factors, African-American and Hispanic home buyers are 105 and 78 percent more likely to have high cost...
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satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the 2010 National Survey of College Graduates to examine the relation … between job satisfaction and race and ethnicity among Asian, black, Hispanic/Latino, and white workers. Overall job …
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created. We present measures of workplace segregation by education and language, and by race and ethnicity, and - since skill … is often correlated with race and ethnicity we assess the role of education - and language-related skill differentials in … generating workplace segregation by race and ethnicity. We define segregation based on the extent to which workers are more or …
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Scholars have gone to great lengths to chart the incidence of ethnic labour market discrimination. To effectively mitigate this discrimination, however, we need to understand its underlying mechanisms because different mechanisms lead to different counteracting measures. To this end, we reviewed...
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racial differences as well as gender differences by race or ethnicity in satisfaction may be masked because most lawyers … identify as racially White. To examine whether job satisfaction differs by race and whether gender and race/ethnicity have an …
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influence of applicant race and ethnicity on teacher hiring. First, we uncover robust evidence of discrimination: black and … show that program directors exhibit strong own-race preferences: white directors favor white applicants, while minority … employers of using race and ethnicity as signals of teacher productivity. …
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