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identified mainly four issues: a narrow or broad definition of diversity, a stable or dynamic conception of identity, the role of …Theories on diversity and diversity management within the field of Organisation Studies started to develop in the 80s …, mainly under the influence of managerial reports pointing towards the increasing diversity of the future workforce. The …
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maintain their identity. This diversity must be institutionally supported rather than be undermined by standardization and …
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In the developing world, clientelism is common. In Africa, public office is often used to redistribute resources to ethnically defined constituencies, and this form of clientelistic exchange is a key determinant of vote choice. Does clientelistic exchange shape trust in elected officials as...
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We review the growing literature on the political effects of immigration. After a brief summary of the economics of immigration, we turn to the main focus of the paper: how immigrants influence electoral outcomes in receiving countries, and why. We start from the "standard" view that immigration...
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This paper examines the consequences of disability, identifying for the first time, the separate impacts of onsets and … recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. …
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In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, the presence of a long … discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry into work, disability is associated with substantial and enduring employment … social and economic costs of disability disadvantage. …
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-being caused by own and spousal disability using panel-regressions. I find that women and to a lesser extent men are harmed by … spousal disability which is consistent with the existence of other-regarding preferences within couples. The magnitude of … effects suggests that spousal disability is about one quarter to one half as harmful as individual disability with larger …
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that perceived control predicted 14-year hazard rates for disability (n = 996 became disabled) and mortality (n = 1 …,382 died). The effect for mortality, but not for disability, was independent of socio-demographic and psychosocial factors …
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Countries by estimating the effects of disability on employment probabilities for six Central and Eastern European Countries. We … find that disability negatively affects the employment probabilities of disabled people, especially those with severe … disabilities. The effects of disability persist even after controlling for disability benefits, signaling a predominant role for …
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Disability Insurance waiting time varies from a few months to several years. We estimate the causal effect of longer …
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