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We introduce a model of two-sided statistical discrimination in which worker and firm beliefs are complementary. Firms … both empirical analysis designed to detect discrimination and policy meant to alleviate it. Affirmative action is much less … effective than in traditional statistical discrimination models. More generally, we demonstrate the futility of one …
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We examine whether employment discrimination increased after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. We … difference between white and Somali American applicants increased by 8 percentage points. The increased discrimination … 2018 to test for seasonality in discrimination; there was no substantial increase in discrimination after the 2017 election. …
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Correspondence tests have been used by scholars and civil rights organizations to measure ethnic discrimination. In … contrast to research testing covering a whole market through many discrimination tests, litigation testing typically targets a … methodological challenges to disentangle systematic discrimination from random treatment. This study examines from a purely …
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respondents' preference for this form of discrimination. …
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Recent studies have explored hiring discrimination as an obstacle to former burnout patients. Many workers, however …, return to the same employer, where they face an even more severe aftermath of burnout syndrome: promotion discrimination. To … as potential mediators of promotion discrimination. Estimates reveal that compared to employees without an employment …
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measure discrimination by comparing how responsive individuals ("audited units") are to correspondences from different types …. We argue that when researchers use audit correspondence studies to measure discrimination against individuals that … attenuated (downwardly biased) estimates of discrimination …
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