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Do schools discriminate against homosexual parents? : evidence from an internet field experiment
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Meix-Llop, Enric - 2015
The recognition of homosexual rights is a controversial issue in many countries. Spain was the third country in the world (after Netherlands and Belgium) to introduce a law recognizing homosexual marriage and adoption of children. In this paper, we examine for the first time whether schools are...
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The effect of photos and a local- sounding name on discrimination against ethnic minorities in Austria
Weichselbaumer, Doris; Schuster, Julia - 2021
A large body of research documents the existence of discrimination against migrants and ethnic minorities in the labour … market. This study investigates for Austria, to what degree employment discrimination against ethnic minorities is mitigated … and ethnic photographs, black but not Asian job applicants suffered from discrimination. With a local sounding name …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582518
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Reducing sexual-orientation discrimination: experimental evidence from basic information treatments
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Carpenter, Christopher; Haas, Ralph de - 2022
economic costs to society of sexual-orientation discrimination were significantly more likely than those in a control group to …
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Testing for ethnic discrimination in outpatient health care: evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Halla, Martin; Kah, Christopher; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2021
To test for ethnic discrimination in access to outpatient health care services, we carry out an email …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705540
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Shifting punishment on minorities: experimental evidence of scapegoating
Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Chytilová, Julie; … - 2021
find that when no harm is done, there is no evidence of discrimination against the ethnic minority. In contrast, when a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596355
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Do inclusive education policies improve employment opportunities? : evidence from a field experiment
Agüero, Jorge M.; Galarza, Francisco; Yamada, Gustavo - 2020
In labor markets where disadvantaged students are discriminated against, meritbased college scholarships targeting these students could convey two opposing signals to employers. There is a positive signal reflecting the candidate's cognitive ability (talented in high-school and able to maintain...
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Bias and discrimination: what do we know?
Della Giusta, Marina; Bosworth, Steven - 2020
The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and stereotyping; the incorporation of these insights into current theoretical and empirical research in economics, and the literature on methods to contrast bias presenting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389877
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Anti-Muslim discrimination in France : evidence from a field experiment
Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2018
Relying on a correspondence study conducted in France before the 2015 attacks, this paper compares the callback rates of immigrants of Muslim and Christian culture who originate from the same country and whose religiosity varies from non-religious to religious. Based on responses to over 6,200...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819762
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Discrimination against female migrants wearing headscarves
Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2016
attach their picture to their résumé. High levels of discrimination were found particularly against the migrant wearing a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540016
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Market competition and discrimination
Siddique, Abu; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … and survey information indicate that local and wholesale buyers do not have different tastes for discrimination. This … suggests that market competition can eliminate the discrimination of wholesale buyers. …
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