1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954662303321

Autore

Vardy Felix

Titolo

Diversity in the Workplace / / Felix Vardy, John Morgan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613831415

9781462346769

1462346766

9781451991369

1451991363

9781283518963

1283518961

9781451909500

1451909500

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (47 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganJohn

Soggetti

Diversity in the workplace

Multiculturalism

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Demographic Economics: General

Demography

Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

Firm Behavior

Income economics

Labor Discrimination

Labor Discrimination: Public Policy

Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

Labor force

Labor market

Labor markets

Labor

Labour

Population & demography

Population and demographics

Population

Unemployment rate

Unemployment

Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search



Netherlands, The

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Related Literature""; ""III. Model""; ""IV. Optimal Search and Hiring""; ""V. Performance Metrics""; ""VI. Policy Implications""; ""VII. Conclusions""; ""Appendix: Proofs of Lemmas, Propositions and Implications""; ""References""

Sommario/riassunto

We study a model where an employer, trying to fill a vacancy, engages in optimal sequential search by drawing from two subpopulations of candidates who differ in their "discourse systems": during an interview, a minority candidate with a discourse system not shared with the employer conveys a noisier unbiased signal of ability than does a majority candidate. We show that, when the employer is "selective," minority candidates are underrepresented in the permanent workforce, fired at greater rates, and underrepresented among initial hires, even though the employer has no taste for discrimination and the populations are alike in their average ability. Furthermore, workplace diversity is increased if: (1) the cost of firing is reduced, (2) the cost of interviewing is increased, (3) the opportunity cost of leaving the position unfilled is increased, or (4) the prior probability that a candidate can perform the job is increased. Indeed, if the prior probability is sufficiently high, or the cost of firing sufficiently low, then minority candidates may be overrepresented in the permanent workforce.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019879103321

Titolo

A companion to Latin American philosophy / / edited by Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, and Otavio Bueno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

9786613204707

9781782684725

1782684727

9781283204705

1283204703

9781405197076

1405197072

9781444314847

144431484X

9781444314854

1444314858

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (571 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to philosophy

Altri autori (Persone)

NuccetelliSusana

SchutteOfelia

BuenoOtavio

Disciplina

199/.8

Soggetti

Philosophy, Latin American

Philosophy - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to LatinAmerican Philosophy; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Historical Perspectives; 1 Pre-Columbian Philosophies; 2 The Rights of the American Indians; 3 Colonial Thought; 4 The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism; 5 Early Critics of Positivism; 6 The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexico; 7 Darwinism; 8 Krausism; 9 'Normal' Philosophy; 10 Ortega y Gasset's Heritage in Latin America; 11 Phenomenology; 12 Marxism; 13 Liberation Philosophy; 14 Analytic Philosophy; Part II Current Issues; 15 Paraconsistent Logic; 16 Language and Colonization



17 Ethnic-Group Terms18 Identity and Latin American Philosophy; 19 Latinos on Race and Ethnicity:Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia; 20 Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity; 21 Liberation in Theology, Philosophy,and Pedagogy; 22 Philosophy, Postcoloniality,and Postmodernity; 23 Globalization and Latin American Thought; Part III Disciplinary Developments; 24 Latin American Philosophy; 25 Contemporary Ethics andPolitical Philosophy; 26 Philosophy of Science; 27 Philosophy and Latin American Literature; 28 Feminist Philosophy; 29 Teaching Philosophy; 30 Cultural Studies

31 Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy32 Metaphysics; 33 Epistemology; 34 Formal Epistemology and Logic; Part IV Biographical Sketches; 35 Some Great Figures; 36 From Philosophy to Physics, and Back; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive collection of original essays written by an international group of scholars addresses the central themes in Latin American philosophy.Represents the most comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Latin American philosophy available todayComprises a specially commissioned collection of essays, many of them written by Latin American authorsExamines the history of Latin American philosophy and its current issues, traces the development of the discipline, and offers biographical sketches of key Latin American thinkersShowcases the dive