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We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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cause of economic inequality. To study contemporary discrimination we conducted a field experiment in the low-wage labor … market of New York City. The experiment recruited white, black, and Latino job applicants, called testers, who were matched …
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Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We examine whether racial discrimination exists in access to a wide spectrum of public services in the US. We carry out an email correspondence study in which we pose simple queries to...
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using a large scale field experiment. Applications were randomly sent to 1477 private firms advertising open positions. We …
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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 present experimental evidence for recruitment discrimination against men with an Arabic sounding name. Our results show that every fourth employer discriminates against the minority. However, simulations indicate that ethnic discrimination is only responsible for less than one sixth of the...
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study, we perform a name categorization experiment in the United States that yields 56 names associated with six ethnicity …
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, however, about how to reduce discrimination. This study reports the results of a large-scale field experiment we ran together …
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This paper assesses the results of an experiment designed to identify discrimination in users' following behavior on …
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This paper contributes to the existing literature on ethnic discrimination of immigrants in hiring by addressing the central question of what employers act on in a job application. The method involved sending qualitatively identical resumes signalling belonging to different ethnic groups to...
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