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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1275–1300.
Published: 01 August 2021
...-wage labor market experience similar disadvantages and whether the mechanisms underlying discrimination vary across contexts. These gaps are important because more- and less-educated mothers increasingly possess distinct resources and face unique demands both at home and at work, which may impact...
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Demography (2000) 37 (1): 41–51.
Published: 01 February 2000
...Arthur Sakamoto; Huei-Hsia Wu; Jessie M. Tzeng Abstract The extent to which racial minority groups face discrimination in the labor market is the subject of considerable debate. Using William J. Wilson’s thesis of the declining significance of race as our theoretical context, we provide further...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 471–492.
Published: 02 October 2012
... mechanism by which segregation was reduced was through the entry of new cohorts of women, presumably better prepared than their predecessors and/or encountering less labor market discrimination; during the 1970s and 1980s, however, occupational segregation also decreased within cohorts. Reductions...
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Demography (2008) 45 (3): 619–639.
Published: 01 August 2008
... and language ability do not explain the lower returns to education experienced by Latino immigrants. These results suggest that Latino immigrants in particular may suffer from barriers to mobility and/or wage discrimination. Whether these negative labor market experiences occur primarily for illegal immigrants...
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Demography (1980) 17 (4): 379–393.
Published: 01 November 1980
... among men at various future points in time based on three different sets of assumptions about attainment processes in labor market and educational institutions. The most important results suggest that even if racial discrimination were eliminated immediately in labor market and educational institutions...
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 233–246.
Published: 01 May 1999
... explanations include intentional discrimination by employers on the basis of legal status; a shift in employer hiring practices in sectors that employ undocumented work- ers; increased competition from newly legalized workers; and a general decay of economic conditions after 1986. We examine the labor market...
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Demography (2009) 46 (2): 341–369.
Published: 01 May 2009
... that is unaccounted for by mothers’ observable labor market behavior. We interpret this finding as indicating a comparatively more pronounced role for statistical discrimination against mothers in the German labor market. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 Labor Market British...
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Demography (2009) 46 (3): 469–492.
Published: 01 August 2009
... and Wage Declines 475 1996). Researchers have also claimed that discrimination can help explain the relatively poor economic outcomes for blacks (e.g., Cancio, Evans, and Maume 1996; Kim 2002). In summary, previous research on wage inequality within the U.S. labor market suggests that the growth...
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1961–1993.
Published: 21 October 2015
... ideal-type groups: those who were consistently detached from the labor force (21 %), those who gradually increased their market attachment (27 %), those who worked intensely in young adulthood but dropped out of the workforce after midlife (13 %), and those who were steadily employed across midlife (40...
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Demography (1998) 35 (4): 465–474.
Published: 01 November 1998
... 2011 © Population Association of America 1998 1998 Labor Market Racial Discrimination Racial Classification Racial Inequality Social Race References Diversidades Brasileiras: Um Olhor Demografico . ( 1996 ). Brasilia : United Nations Fund for Population Activities . de...
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 1023–1050.
Published: 17 April 2019
... ) or informational problems (statistical discrimination; e.g., Akerlof 1976 ; Arrow 1973 ; Phelps 1972 ). This study is related to two strands of the literature that have developed largely in isolation from each other. First, it contributes to the literature investigating the labor market integration...
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1573–1596.
Published: 09 September 2014
... and obese people invest less in skills or schooling owing to perceived future discrimination on the labor market (see Rooth 2009 ). In this case, they would face lower returns and hence fewer incentives to invest in schooling. We investigate this mechanism by studying whether the returns to schooling...
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Demography (1992) 29 (2): 181–198.
Published: 01 May 1992
..., and minority-group members themselves because, as consumers, they wish to acquire goods and services from higher-status providers. Furthermore, labor force discrimination will force more and more minority members into self-employment, thus crowding an already limited market. Ultimately, as Aldrich...
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Demography (1997) 34 (4): 539–550.
Published: 01 November 1997
... . Berkeley : University of California Press . Borjas , G.J. ( 1988 ). International Differences in the Labor Market Performance of Immigrants . Kalamazoo : W.E. Upjohn Institute . Brown , C. , & Gay , P. ( 1994 ). Racial Discrimination: 17 Years After the Act . In P...
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Demography (1998) 35 (4): 497–504.
Published: 01 November 1998
.... , Fienberg , S.E. , & Holland , P.W. ( 1975 ). Discrete Multivariate Analysis: Theory and Practice . Cambridge : MIT Press . Blau , F.D. , & Hendricks , W.E. ( 1979 ). Occupational Segregation and Labor Market Discrimination . In B. Reskin (Ed.), Sex Segregation...
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Demography (2018) 55 (5): 1641–1662.
Published: 03 August 2018
... suggest that gender bias in these countries could be largely due to the social security system (e.g., reliance on sons) or labor market discrimination faced by women. Hence, gender bias in developing countries could be addressed primarily through affirmative action in the labor market or other policies...
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2307–2332.
Published: 21 August 2014
..., an alternative explanation focusing on the role of discrimination and exclusion cannot be ruled out. Muslim women find it difficult to access public spaces because they may fear violence (Robinson 2010 ) and labor market discrimination may reduce their incentive to participate in the labor force...
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Demography (2020) 57 (2): 705–726.
Published: 20 March 2020
..., beyond whether dark skin tone is categorically connected to an African American phenotype. Even within African American racial groups, dark-skinned members face stronger discrimination in the labor market than lighter-skinned members (Kreisman and Rangel 2015 ; Monk 2014 ), and similar results...
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 507–528.
Published: 01 August 2002
..., Black Employees, and Urban Labor Market Policy . Journal of Urban Economics , 48 , 365 – 87 . 10.1006/juec.2000.2171 Ihlanfeldt , K.R. ( 1988 ). Intra-Metropolitan Variation in Earnings and Labor Market Discrimination . Southern Economic Journal , 55 , 123 – 40 . 10.2307/1058861...
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Demography (2014) 51 (5): 1597–1618.
Published: 23 August 2014
... are gender differences in labor market–relevant attributes (i.e., human capital), labor supply, occupational segregation, and employers’ discrimination. Change in each of these sources can lead to a decline over time in the gender earnings gap. First, the decline may be a result of a relative improvement...
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