Correspondence testing studies

Anti-discrimination policies play an important role in public discussions. However, identifying discriminatory practices in the labor market is not an easy task. Correspondence testing provides a credible way to reveal discrimination in hiring and provide hard facts for policies. The method involves sending matched pairs of identical job applications to employers posting jobs—the only difference being a characteristic that signals membership to a group.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Rooth, Dan-Olof
Published in:	IZA World of Labor. - Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), ISSN 2054-9571. - 2014
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	correspondence testing \| taste-based discrimination \| statistical discrimination

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.15185/izawol.58 [DOI] 846737388 [GVK] hdl:10419/125282 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2014:n:58 [RePEc]
Classification:	D2 - Production and Organizations ; J1 - Demographic Economics ; J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor

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