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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low …, either due to bad luck (discrimination), low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Higher fairness perceptions …
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allocation game where we incorporate treatments to disentangle statistical and taste-based discrimination. Our findings find no … evidence of taste-based discrimination or statistical discrimination among the child caregivers. We also weigh-in on the … usefulness of non-incentivized experiments in discrimination experiments. …
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We propose that religion impacts trust and trustworthiness in ways that depend on how individuals are socially … identified and connected. Religiosity and religious affiliation may serve as markers for statistical discrimination. Further …, affiliation to the same religion may enhance group identity, or affiliation irrespective of creed may lend social identity, and in …
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into the labor market is crucial. Hence, a field experiment was conducted that examined the employment chances of females … migrants, who have constituted a large demographic group in Germany since the 1970s. In the field experiment presented here … photograph included in the application material. Germany was the ideal location for the experiment as job seekers typically …
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an independent signal of the candidate's productivity. We introduce the potential for taste-based discrimination and …
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … "no religion" made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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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...
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We design a new field experiment to test pro-social behaviour: will a household return a letter that has been …
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matched photos as distinct visual cues. While results document employment discrimination for all groups with migration … background, it is most pronounced for applicants with an African background. To explain why and when discrimination occurs, a … discrimination in Austria. …
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Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at "risk" of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in...
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