Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
The frameworks developed in this paper are based on a review of the literature on processes of discrimination and the norms and attitudes that accompany them. Intended as a background paper to the World Development Report 2013 this paper will also...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/19884799/exclusion-discrimination-labor-market-background-paper-world-development-report-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20139 |
| Summary: | The frameworks developed in this
paper are based on a review of the literature on processes
of discrimination and the norms and attitudes that accompany
them. Intended as a background paper to the World
Development Report 2013 this paper will also feed into the
Social Inclusion Flagship Report by the Social Development
Department at the World Bank. It is divided into six
sections. This section one is an introduction to the
objectives and provides the context for this work. Section
two is a brief discussion of the conceptual underpinnings
and measurement of labor market discrimination from a
cross-disciplinary perspective. Section three lays out a
typology of processes of discrimination, while section four
is a discussion of the mechanisms of discrimination and the
ways in which candidates are screened. Section five
addresses the question of how discriminated groups react to
discrimination. The final section addresses some of the ways
in which occupational and labor market mobility is possible
for disadvantaged groups and what policy implications it
could have. |
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