Unexplored dimensions of discrimination

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Wage Gap in the Transition from School to Work -- 1.Gender Gap in Labor Market Outcomes: Less Explored Aspects and Dimensions / 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 / 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 / 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 / Ainara Gonzalez de San Roman -- 3.1.Introduction --

Contents note continued: 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 / 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 / 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 / Giovanni Peri -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Sport and Volunteering and Choice of College Major --

Contents note continued: 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 -- pt. I References -- Comments / Christopher J. Flinn -- Comments / Daniel Hamermesh -- pt. II Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination In Europe: Religion, Homosexuality, and Physical Appearance -- 6.Discrimination and Labor Market Outcomes: Theoretical Mechanisms and Existing Empirical Studies / 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 / 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 / Yves Zenou -- 7A.Additional Figures and Tables --

Contents note continued: 7B.Labor Market Policies -- 8.Do Employers Discriminate Against Physical Appearance and Sexual Preference? A Field Experiment / Arid Yves Zenou -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Description of the Experiment -- 8.3.Results -- 8.4.Concluding Remarks -- 9.Other Dimensions of Discrimination / Yves Zenou -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Age Discrimination -- 9.3.Disability Discrimination -- 9.4.Housing Discrimination -- 9.5.Concluding Remarks -- pt. II References -- Comments / Alan Manning -- Comments / Jan C. van Ours.