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This study shows that occupations in South Africa are segregated and stratified by gender. While some women (mostly Black and 'Coloured') overwhelmingly fill low-paying jobs, others (mostly White and Indian/Asian, but also Coloured) tend to fill higher-paying professional positions. This study finds...
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We implement a lab-in-the-field experiment among childcare workers in Chandigarh, India, to evaluate discriminatory attitudes of the Hindu workers toward Muslim children. We use a third-party allocation game that controls for selfish payoff-maximizing preferences across the treatments and focus...
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We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider the stratification of occupations by gender, i.e. when either women or men are predominantly segregated into low-paying jobs. We propose the use of the concentration curve to analyse first-order stochastic dominance, and...
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– A 25-Year Perspective
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– A 23-Year Perspective
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
Journal Article
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– The Lack of Sustainability
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– Patterns, Trends, and Implications of Horizontal Inequality in the Philippines
Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Horizontal inequality in the Global South
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– Evidence from Bangladesh
We use a recent first-hand linked employer–employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive attainment and personality traits. Our results show that cognitive skills have greater explanatory power than personality traits...
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This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and Labour Force Surveys, does not provide compelling evidence of sustained or significant desegregation. Occupations remain...
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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– Understanding the Limits to Reform
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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– Tensions and Trade-offs of Land Registration and Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa
Part of Journal Special Issue
Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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