Gender disparities in wages and attainment caused by employer discrimination can come about by three very different processes: (1) allocative discrimination, in terms of who gets allocated to which jobs, at the point of hire, in subsequent promotion, and dismissal, (2) within-job wage discrimination, the unequal pay for the same work for the same employer, and (3) valuative discrimination, the ...

The face of healthcare is changing. Generation Y is the 70 million people that will not only be assisting with the transformation of healthcare, but leading the charge when it comes to medical equipment innovations, life-saving drugs, and quality patient care. The pressure will be focused on medical facilities to not only hire the brightest Gen Yers but also to engage them, keep them motivated,...

We all like to believe that our qualif icat ions determine whether we are invited for job interviews and that our performance dictates whether our employers think well of us. Obviously, employers are better of f if they hire the most qualif ied applicants. And of course, the goals of business and government goals are furthered when managers rate employees according to how well they perform thei...

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Introduction -., Traditional concepts and values have undergone dramatic upheaval consequent to advancement in biomedical technology. As newer technologies replace existing ones, they throw open a host of ethical questions. We need to reflect on many issues if ethics in biomedical sciences is to have any meaning at all. One such issue that has attracted recent attention and is surrounded by con...

——————————————————————————————————Scapegoating is often said to be a source of inefficiency in organizations. In this paper, I analyze the consequences of scapegoating within a firm in amodel where reputation concerns drive the actions of superiors. Consider delegation choices, for example. Hiring efficient workers may be a good idea if successful production is the only way to build reputation....

professor and economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University; and Stiles is an assistant specialist, University of Arkansas Extension Service. For more information, contact Martin at (662) 686-3264; e-mail [email protected]. This information sheet was published by the Office of Agricultural Communications, a unit of the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and...