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We analyse evaluation biases caused by physical attributes. Using data from German elite soccer, we find that referees are more inclined to sanction players when the difference in body size is sufficiently large. Moreover, we document an 'inverse Napoleon effect' in situations when the referee...
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information on employers, to measure the relative bargaining power of men and women and assess the impact of the gender gap in … bargaining strength on the male-female wage gap. We show that a model with additive fixed effects for workers and gender … perform a simple decomposition by assigning the firm-specific wage premiums for one gender to the other. Second, we relate the …
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present. The finding raises the question of whether establishment-level codetermination reduces gender wage discrimination or … the hypothesis that establishment-level codetermination reduces gender-specific wage discrimination. …Recent research has shown that the unexplained gender wage gap is smaller in establishments where a works council is …
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characteristics, is this gap explained by segregation of women in low-wage firms, or by gender inequality within a given firm? To … between-firm (sorting) and within-firm heterogeneity (bargaining) on the gender wage gap. We use a two-way fixed effect wage … model, in which firm fixed effects differ between male and female employees to account for within-firm gender differences in …
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We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female …
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We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female …
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In this paper, a correspondence testing experiment is conducted to examine sexual orientation discrimination against … registered partnership are equally discriminated in comparison to the heterosexual women in the city of Munich, no discrimination …
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The use of anonymous job applications to combat hiring discrimination is gaining attention and interest. Results from a …
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amounts to 2.7% lower wages for ethnic minority (vs. ethnic majority) employees, indicating potential wage discrimination …
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This paper investigates immigrants' and natives' labour supply to the firm within a semi-structural approach based on a dynamic monopsony framework. Applying duration models to a large administrative employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that once accounting for unobserved worker...
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