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Self-assessed vs. statistical evidence of racial discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansThis paper provides new insights on the labour market discrimination faced by indigenous Australians one of the most disadvantaged indigenous populations in developed countries...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsWorking Paper
Institutionalizing segregation: Conditional cash transfers and employment choicesSome claim that certain forms of social protection, conditional cash transfers in particular, result in perverse incentives for recipients in order to stay eligible for receiving benefits...
Discrimination in employment Segregation Transfer paymentsPresentation
ASREC Europe 2016The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture (ASREC) held a conference at the University of Copenhagen on 16-17 May 2016.
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Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination: The case of indigenous AustraliansWe assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians’ perceptions of discrimination in the labour market...
Discrimination in employment Employees Ethnic relationsWorking Paper
Searching for religious discrimination among Anganwadi workers in India: An experimental investigationThis paper examines whether, in India, discriminatory practices by government-employed child caregivers along religious lines, lead to differential health outcomes among the care receiving children...
Discrimination in employment Field experiments HealthWorking Paper
Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa’s racial wage gapRacial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation cemented these disparities by institutionalizing white job reservation and many other unfair practices...
Discrimination in employment Equality and inequality LaborWorking Paper
Employment status and educational attainment among disabled GhanaiansPeople with disabilities in Ghana and other developing economies are discriminated against in many fundamental elements of human empowerment such as education and employment...
Discrimination in employment Education Employee rightsJournal Article
Gender and distributional preferences: Experimental evidence from IndiaWe conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect allocations in a modified dictator game where both parties perform a cognitive task and the resulting pie to be split is the sum o...
Discrimination in employment Equality and inequality WomenWorking Paper
Gender and distributional preferences: Experimental evidence from IndiaWe conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect allocations in a modified dictator game where both parties perform a cognitive task and the resulting pie to be split is the sum o...
Discrimination in employment Equality and inequality WomenBook
African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization: Employment, politics, and prospects for changeThe much heralded growth and transformation of many economies in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade continues to receive prominent attention in academic scholarship and among policy practitioners...
Discrimination in employment Economic development Rural developmentJournal Article
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in TunisiaWhether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question...
Discrimination in employment Entrepreneurship WomenBook Chapter
Two for the Price of One?: The Contribution to Development of the New Female ElitesFrom the book: The Role of Elites in Economic Development
Discrimination in employment Economic development Education, HigherBook Chapter
Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in JapanFrom the book: Urbanization and Development in Asia
Discrimination in employment Emigration and immigration Regional economicsWorking Paper
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in TunisiaWhether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question...
Discrimination in employment Entrepreneurship WomenBlog
Female Entrepreneurship in Developing CountriesMaria Minniti and Wim Naudé In recent years, the rate of new business formation by women has significantly outpaced the rate of new business formation by men across all ethnic groups in the USA...
Discrimination in employment Economic development EntrepreneurshipWorking Paper
Foundations of Minority Communities: Resident Koreans in JapanThis paper discusses the development of Korean communities in Japan from their origins in the late nineteenth century through their stabilization following the Second World War...
Discrimination in employment Emigration and immigration Regional economics