This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of … discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination … discriminatory practices in the region. This puzzle, where individuals perceive discrimination is in the air, but few act …

objective of this study is to analyze the effect of political culture and of valuation asymmetry on discrimination between the … discrimination is an endogenous variable that characterizes the mechanism allocating the prize. We consider situations under which … effect of changes in the political culture and in valuation asymmetry on the designer's preferred discrimination between the …

, therefore, use a unique example to examine this question empirically: the analysis of gender wage differentials. Here, the … productivity constant. We analyze close to 200 papers to investigate what drives authors to talk about discrimination, whether and …

We investigate skill mismatch and its impact on gender differences in wage gap and in returns to education in Sweden … (overeducation), while men are more likely to have less (undereducation).Over- and undereducation contribute far more to the gender … wage gap than years of schooling and work experience. In decompositions, adjusting for skill mismatch decreases the gender …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …

reduce it? To answer these questions, we conducted a field experiment on employer discrimination in Sweden. Going beyond …How pervasive is labor market discrimination against immigrants and what options do policymakers and migrants have to … whether fixed traits such as country of birth or gender are more consequential. We find no evidence that immigrants can affect …

gender differences in either labor demand (i.e. discrimination) or labor supply. In this study, we investigate the importance … discrimination against women on average, but the gender effect is heterogeneous across occupations and firms. Women have a higher …In most countries, there are systematic age and gender differences in labor market outcomes. Older workers and women …

We construct a dedicated web interface and use it to conduct a laboratory experiment to study willingness to lend and … neediness and trustworthiness, and identity-related factors such as ethnicity and gender. By looking at both channels together …) lenders have a statistically significant preference for borrowers with whom they share gender and ethnic similarity even after …

We study the recruitment behavior of Swedish employers using data from a stated choice experiment. In the experiment … two applicants differ with respect to characteristics such as gender, age, education, experience, ethnicity, religious …, but does not affect the degree of discrimination. Also, there are only small differences in the degree of discrimination …