Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination Fondazione Rodolfo Debendetti Reports 1st Edition by Tito Boeri, Giovanni Peri, Eleonora Patacchini ISBN 0198729855 978-0198729853

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ISBN 10:  0198729855 

ISBN 13: 978-0198729853

Author:  Tito Boeri, Giovanni Peri, Eleonora Patacchini 

Using newly collected and existing data and modern econometric approaches, this book analyses the gender wage gap as well as less explored dimensions of discrimination such as religion, sexual orientation, and physical appearance. Part One focuses on gender. Using a newly collected database for Italy, it analyses the relevance of transition from school to work, and in particular the choice of college major, in determining the gender earning gap. It also analyses the role of family and of discrimination on the job as a potential source of this gap, using additional data from Spain and the US. Part Two analyses different forms of discrimination towards individuals in the labor market. In particular, it examines the potential for discrimination of sexual orientation, religion, and physical appearance and weight. The analysis is conducted by means of a survey of the existing literature and by an empirical analysis, using European data as well as Italian data collected through an experimental design.

Table of contents: 

Part I. The Wage Gap in the Transition from School to Work

1. Gender Gap in Labor Market Outcomes: Less Explored Aspects and Dimensions

Giovanni Peri and Massimo Anelli

1.1. Introduction

1.2. The Role of Prejudice, Differential Productivity, and Labor Market Frictions on the Gender Gap

1.3. The Role of Family Choice and Early Career in the Gender Gap

1.4. Gender Gap in the Choice of College Majors and Occupations

1.5. The Structure of Part I of the Book

2. Gender Gaps in Wages and Employment: The Role of Employers’ Prejudice

Luca Flabbi and Mauricio Tejada

2.1. Descriptive Evidence

2.2. The Impact of Employers’ Prejudice

2.3. Policy Implications and Policy Experiments

2.4. Summary and Conclusions

Appendix to Chapter 2

Luca Flabbi and Mauricio Tejada

2A. Data Sources and Definitions

2B. The Formal Model

2C. Complete Results

3. Gender Gaps in Spain: The Role of Children in Career Development

Sara de La Rica and Ainara González de San Román

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Descriptive Evidence: Gender Gaps in the Labor Market during the Life Cycle

3.3. The Impact of Children on Gender Gaps in Labor Supply and in Labor Market Performance

3.4. Policy Implications

3.5. Conclusions

4. Gender Gap in Italy: The Role of College Majors

Massimo Anelli and Giovanni Peri

4.1. Introduction

4.2. The Data and some Descriptive Statistics: High School and College

4.3. Gender Gap in Academic Quality in High School

4.4. College Majors and Income Gender Gap: A Regression Approach

4.5. Gender Gap in Occupational Choice

4.6. Conclusions

Appendix to Chapter 4

Massimo Anelli and Giovanni Peri

4A. Description of the Data on Milanese High School Graduates

5. More Unexplored Dimensions of Gender Gap and College Choice: Attitudes, Choice of Partner, and Peer/Teacher Effects in School

Massimo Anelli and Giovanni Peri

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Sport and Volunteering and Choice of College Major

5.3. Expected Partner Income and Marriage as Determinants of College Major

5.4. Peer Gender, Teacher’s Recommendation, and Choice of College Major

5.5. Policy Implications and Discussion

5.6. Conclusions

Part II. Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination in Europe: Religion, Homosexuality, and Physical Appearance

6. Discrimination and Labor Market Outcomes: Theoretical Mechanisms and Existing Empirical Studies

Eleonora Patacchini, Giuseppe Ragusa, and Yves Zenou

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Theoretical Mechanisms

6.3. Overview of the Empirical Literature

6.4. Concluding Remarks

7. Exploratory Analysis for Europe: Religion and Physical Appearance

Eleonora Patacchini, Giuseppe Ragusa, and Yves Zenou

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Antidiscrimination Policies in Europe: Evidence from the MIPEX Index

7.3. Empirical Analysis

7.4. Concluding Remarks

Appendix to Chapter 7

Eleonora Patacchini, Giuseppe Ragusa, and Yves Zenou

7A. Additional Figures and Tables

7B. Labor Market Policies

8. Do Employers Discriminate Against Physical Appearance and Sexual Preference? A Field Experiment

Eleonora Patacchini, Giuseppe Ragusa, and Yves Zenou

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Description of the Experiment

8.3. Results

8.4. Concluding Remarks

9. Other Dimensions of Discrimination

Eleonora Patacchini, Giuseppe Ragusa, and Yves Zenou

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Age Discrimination

9.3. Disability Discrimination

9.4. Housing Discrimination

9.5. Concluding Remarks

Part II: References

Comments by Alan Manning

Comments by Jan C. van Ours

Index

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