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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Main Author: Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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WDR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/19884799/exclusion-discrimination-labor-market-background-paper-world-development-report-2013
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topic ACT OF DISCRIMINATION
ADVERTISING
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
CAREGIVERS
CIVIL RIGHTS
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS
COMPETITIVE PRODUCT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISABILITY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISADVANTAGED WORKERS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EFFICIENCY WAGES
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT RATES
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS
EQUAL REMUNERATION
EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION
EQUAL TERMS
EQUALITY AT WORK
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXTERNALITIES
FAIR
FEMALE CANDIDATES
FEMALE EMPLOYEES
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE WORKERS
FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FUTURE LABOR
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER STEREOTYPING
GROUP WORKERS
HEALTH CARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUSBANDS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT STATUS
IMMIGRANTS
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMED CONSENT
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
JOB MARKET
JOB SEARCHES
JOB SEEKER
KINSHIP
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCES
LABOR MARKET ISSUES
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR UNIONS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOUR MARKETS
MALE COUNTERPARTS
MANPOWER
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET SURVEYS
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION POLICIES
MINORITY
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL ORIGIN
NURSES
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER WOMEN
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PARENTAL LEAVE
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY LEVEL
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL SOLIDARITY
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVIOUS WORK
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RACIAL INEQUALITIES
RACISM
RENTS
RESIGNATION
RESPECT
RETIREMENT
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SAME SEX
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SEX DISCRIMINATION
SEXISM
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL AWARENESS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUP
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
STATE UNIVERSITY
TRADE UNIONS
TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
UNEMPLOYED
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABILITY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGES
WDR
WOMAN
WOMEN MIGRANTS
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKER
WORKFORCE
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNGER WORKERS
spellingShingle ACT OF DISCRIMINATION
ADVERTISING
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
CAREGIVERS
CIVIL RIGHTS
CLERKS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS
COMPETITIVE PRODUCT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISABILITY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
DISADVANTAGED WORKERS
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
DIVISION OF LABOR
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EFFICIENCY WAGES
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES
EMPLOYMENT RATES
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS
EQUAL REMUNERATION
EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION
EQUAL TERMS
EQUALITY AT WORK
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
EXTERNALITIES
FAIR
FEMALE CANDIDATES
FEMALE EMPLOYEES
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LABOR FORCE
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
FEMALE WORKERS
FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
FUTURE LABOR
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER STEREOTYPING
GROUP WORKERS
HEALTH CARE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUSBANDS
IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT STATUS
IMMIGRANTS
IMPACT ON CHILDREN
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INFORMAL SECTOR
INFORMED CONSENT
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
JOB MARKET
JOB SEARCHES
JOB SEEKER
KINSHIP
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCES
LABOR MARKET ISSUES
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR UNIONS
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOUR MARKET
LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOUR MARKETS
MALE COUNTERPARTS
MANPOWER
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET SURVEYS
MIGRANT WORKERS
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION POLICIES
MINORITY
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL COUNCIL
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL ORIGIN
NURSES
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATIONS
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER WOMEN
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
PARENTAL LEAVE
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY LEVEL
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL SOLIDARITY
PREGNANCY
PREGNANT WOMEN
PREVIOUS WORK
PRICE DISCRIMINATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RACIAL INEQUALITIES
RACISM
RENTS
RESIGNATION
RESPECT
RETIREMENT
RURAL AREAS
SAFETY
SAME SEX
SCHOOL STUDENTS
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SEX DISCRIMINATION
SEXISM
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
SKILLED LABOR
SOCIAL AWARENESS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CHANGE
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL GROUP
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOCIAL MOBILITY
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
SOCIAL NORMS
SOCIAL PRESSURE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
STATE UNIVERSITY
TRADE UNIONS
TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS
UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION
UNEMPLOYED
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
URBAN AREAS
VIOLENCE
VULNERABILITY
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGES
WDR
WOMAN
WOMEN MIGRANTS
WOMEN WORKERS
WORKER
WORKFORCE
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNGER WORKERS
Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Das, Maitreyi Bordia
author_facet Das, Maitreyi Bordia
author_sort Das, Maitreyi Bordia
title Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
title_short Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
title_full Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
title_fullStr Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
title_full_unstemmed Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market
title_sort exclusion and discrimination in the labor market
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url 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
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spelling okr-10986-201392021-04-23T14:03:53Z Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market Das, Maitreyi Bordia ACT OF DISCRIMINATION ADVERTISING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BARRIERS TO ENTRY CAREGIVERS CIVIL RIGHTS CLERKS COLLECTIVE ACTION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISABILITY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY ATTITUDES DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMICS EDUCATED WOMEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT RATES ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS EQUAL REMUNERATION EQUAL REMUNERATION CONVENTION EQUAL TERMS EQUALITY AT WORK ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXTERNALITIES FAIR FEMALE CANDIDATES FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FUTURE LABOR GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER STEREOTYPING GROUP WORKERS HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANT STATUS IMMIGRANTS IMPACT ON CHILDREN IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMED CONSENT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS JOB MARKET JOB SEARCHES JOB SEEKER KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCES LABOR MARKET ISSUES LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR UNIONS LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOUR MARKETS MALE COUNTERPARTS MANPOWER MARKET COMPETITION MARKET SURVEYS MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION POLICIES MINORITY MONOPOLY NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL ORIGIN NURSES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER PEOPLE OLDER WOMEN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PARENTAL LEAVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY LEVEL POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL SOLIDARITY PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PREVIOUS WORK PRICE DISCRIMINATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RACIAL INEQUALITIES RACISM RENTS RESIGNATION RESPECT RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SAFETY SAME SEX SCHOOL STUDENTS SELF EMPLOYMENT SEX DISCRIMINATION SEXISM SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL ORIENTATION SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL AWARENESS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CLASS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION STATE UNIVERSITY TRADE UNIONS TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION UNEMPLOYED UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES URBAN AREAS VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGES WDR WOMAN WOMEN MIGRANTS WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER WORKERS 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. 2014-09-15T21:36:51Z 2014-09-15T21:36:51Z 2013-01 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 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research