We investigate risk aversion as a driver of labour market discrimination against homosexual men. We show that more … hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test … this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a …

. While it is hard to measure how this uncertainty affects work performance and willingness to compete in the field, it can be … studied in a controlled lab experiment. We present a novel experiment where subjects can compete against each other, but the …. Men also increase their willingness to enter competition in the presence of ambiguity. Overall, both effects contribute to …

study, we perform a name categorization experiment in the United States that yields 56 names associated with six ethnicity …

are perceived to be less productive, on average, than male workers. "Second-moment" discrimination would occur when risk … discrimination in a labor market setting. Since decision-makers may not view risk in the same way as economists or statisticians (i ….e., risk-variance of distribution), we also examine two possible alternative measures of risk: the support of the distribution …

experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before …

, have lower preferences than men for risk and competition, and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender …

This paper considers a labour market model of monopsonistic competition with taste-based discrimination against … small or competition is weak, the policy removes job segregation and the wage gap completely. However, with a bigger taste … for discrimination or stronger competition, equal pay legislation leads to more job segregation, and sometimes minority …

consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low … coincide with a higher willingness to compete and less retaliation against winners. No policy harms overall efficiency or post-competition …

We consider the external validity of laboratory measures of risk attitude. Based on a large-scale experiment using a … laboratory risky financial decisions, and (ii) behavior in naturally-occurring field behavior under risk (financial, health and … employment decisions). We find that measures of risk attitude are related to behavior in laboratory financial decisions and the …

We develop a theoretical model to identify and compare partial and equilibrium effects of uncertainty and the magnitude …. This interdependency is important since, in the case of legal uncertainty, higher fines may reduce the willingness to … punish, which in turn reduces the deterrence effect of high fines. Using a laboratory experiment, we identify these effects …