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Equal-treatment policy in a random search model with taste discrimination
Kaas, Leo; Jun, Lu - 2009
, but all wage differences become negligible when the taste for discrimination is small. We analyze the effect of an equal … between worker groups widens in response to the policy. -- Search model ; wage dispersion ; discrimination ; equal pay policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845970
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Equal-Treatment Policy in a Random Search Model with Taste Discrimination
Kaas, Leo; Lu, Jun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
, but all wage differences become negligible when the taste for discrimination is small. We analyze the effect of an equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042621
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Equal-Treatment Policy in a Random Search Model with Taste Discrimination
Kaas, Leo - 2009
, but all wage differences become negligible when the taste for discrimination is small. We analyze the effect of an equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159515
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Affirmative Action in a Competitive Economy
Norman, Peter; Moro, Andrea - 2000
We consider a model of endogenous human capital formation with competitively determined wages, where discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014142534
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Do ethnicity and sex of employers affect applicants' job interest? : an experimental exploration
Granberg, Mark; Ottosson, Niklas; Ahmed, Ali M. - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/15, pp. 1-10
results provided no evidence of ethnic or sex discrimination by job-seekers against employers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404687
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Anonymous job applications and hiring discrimination : anonymous job applications can level the playing field in access to jobs but cannot prevent all forms of discrimination
Rinne, Ulf - 2014
The use of anonymous job applications to combat hiring discrimination is gaining attention and interest. Results from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416700
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Hiring People-Like-Yourself : A Representation of Discrimination on the Job Market
Szafarz, Ariane - 2007
This paper offers a new representation of discrimination on the job market based on the most recent findings in the … a job) and the staff of the firm. Contrary to the classical view according to which discrimination results from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728651
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Does the gender mix among employers influence who gets hired? : a labor market experiment
Gaudeul, Alexia; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Panganiban, Marian - 2015
We consider in this paper whether the gender mix at the level of decision-makers in firms can influence gender representation at the employee level. We run a laboratory experiment whereby we present a pair of independent employers with applications from two potential employees. We consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285423
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Does Equal Pay Legislation Reduce Labour Market Inequality?
Kaas, Leo - 2006
This paper considers a labour market model of monopsonistic competition with taste-based discrimination against … minority workers to study the effect of equal pay legislation on labour market inequality. When the taste for discrimination is … for discrimination or stronger competition, equal pay legislation leads to more job segregation, and sometimes minority …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779054
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Government-Mandated Discriminatory Policies
Norman, Peter; Fang, Hanming - 2008
This paper provides a simple explanation for why some minority groups are economically successful, despite being subject to government-mandated discriminatory policies. We study an economy with private and public sectors in which workers invest in imperfectly observable skills that are important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014127326