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This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a general … are assumed to decrease the time that parents spend on their children. The model shows that gender discrimination may … gender discrimination. An increase in the discrimination level implies a related decrease in fertility, women's participation …
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Numerous field experiments have demonstrated the existence of discrimination in labor markets against specific minority … groups. This paper uses a correspondence test to determine whether this discrimination is due to prejudice against specific …
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The assimilation of immigrants and their children is a burning issue in France. Governments build a large part of their policies on the labor market. The public sector is reputed to integrate minorities better because of its entrance exams and pay-scales. In this paper, a comparison of the...
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discrimination d'un groupe, ici les Noirs de France métropolitaine. Face aux réticences à une catégorisation publique du fait ethno …
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The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the US the unemployment rate is approximately 9 percentage points higher for blacks than for whites. Commute time data indicates that minorities face longer commute times to work,...
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experiment, we show the opposite: discrimination goes in favor of females in more male-connoted subjects (e.g. math, philosophy … between science and humanities majors. We identify discrimination by systematic differences in students' scores between oral … each subject and for her overall ability at oral exams. The mechanisms likely to drive this positive discrimination toward …
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economic comparison triggers the actual caste-based behaviours (castes' political demands, discrimination). …
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This paper proposes a new measure of gender di¤erences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure is the probability ratio of getting a job for females and males at each rank of the wage ladder. We derive a non-parametric estimator of this access measure and estimate it for...
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The aim of this paper is to provide a detailed analysis of the process of segregation formation. The claim is that segregation does not originate from prejudice or exogenous psychological factors. Rather it is the product of strategic interactions among social groups in a setting where one group...
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Ce document part du constat que l'ensemble des aspects traités par la fonction Ressources humaines peut générer des risques d'inégalités et de discriminations, certes indirectes mais dont le résultat reste discriminatoire : recrutement, gestion des carrières, pratiques salariales, gestion...
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