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Do women have fewer opportunities to be hired?
April 2021
Clara Cortina, M. José González e Jorge Rodríguez, Universidade Pompeu Fabra;
An experiment in gender discrimination confirms that, under equal conditions, women have 30% fewer probabilities of being invited to a job interview.
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Why do children from disadvantaged families have a higher risk of developing childhood obesity?
April 2021
Ana R. Sepúlveda, Tatiana Lacruz, Santos Solano, Marta Rojo, Francisco J. Román e Miriam Branco, Grupo de Investigação ANOBAS, Universidade Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Adapted by: Sílvia Galilea e Carina Bellver (StoryData);
Does childhood obesity as a result of a disadvantaged family environment exist?
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What influences people’s social position most: their family background or their skills?
April 2021
Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Universidade Pompeu Fabra; Jorge Cimentada, Max Planck Institute of Demographic Research;
We analyse the relative influence of the family background and the skills of each person on social mobility. Are there differences between the Nordic countries and those in southern Europe such as Italy and Spain?