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network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our analysis is based on both U.S. and Estonian … surveys, supplemented with Estonian telephone communication data. In case of Estonia we consider the regional variation in … economic performance of the Russian minority, and in the U.S. case we consider the regional variation in black …
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network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our analysis is based on both U.S. and Estonian … surveys, supplemented with Estonian telephone communication data. In case of Estonia we consider the regional variation in … economic performance of the Russian minority, and in the U.S. case we consider the regional variation in black …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098047
’s log wage is a function of education, experience, and race. We analyze this approach in a context where individuals live …
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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This paper investigates whether host society culture affects migrant wage discrimination, i.e. whether migrant wage discrimination is more intense in host societies where culture is more inward-looking. The motivation for this investigation in the Swiss context stems from two stylized facts...
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This paper proposes a simple social network model of occupational segregation, generated by the existence of inbreeding bias among individuals of the same social group. If network referrals are important in getting a job, then expected inbreeding bias in the social structure results in different...
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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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historical wage gaps still exist and are affected by the government in power. Therefore, this study provides evidence of race … same period and have remained constant over the sample period. Most of the race-based occupational segregation is a result …
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Analyses of ethnic and racial wage differentials neglect the fact that minorities cluster in urban and in more deprived … areas. This paper estimates ethnic wage differentials by comparing minorities to the majority in the same local labour … their variation across areas are partly explained by job characteristics and especially occupation. Since minorities in some …
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-white employees, a finding that is consistent with employer discrimination on grounds of race, or lower worker bargaining power when …
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