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discrimination against LGBTQ+ (here restricted to individuals self-identified as gay or lesbian) job seekers in the labor market … discrimination in terms of hiring recommendations, job fit assessments, or wage offers. However, a closer analysis reveals a gender …-based differential treatment. Female LGBTQ+ candidates received positive discrimination, were more likely to be selected and offered …
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findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …
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more senior co-authors. Standard models of homophily and discrimination cannot account for these differences. We discuss …
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In this study, we investigate the extent and mechanisms of gender-based discrimination in urban Ecuador's hiring …
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discrimination in hiring against slum dwellers. We sent 4,290 online pairs of fictitious job applications of otherwise … applicants living in slums received nearly 28 percent fewer callbacks than other applicants. We observe discrimination across … jobs that require a university degree, with discrimination being concentrated in administrative and software …
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In this paper, we document de facto, implicit, and explicit racial biases within the public employment service in Colombia. By combining administrative data about job seekers and job openings with direct surveys to job counselors, including a Race Implicit Association Test, we compute different...
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We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing … affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spillovers, inducing employment increases in the other … sector. Discrimination may induce immigrants to train more or less than natives, depending on the sector where it is present …
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We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing … are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spill-overs, inducing employment to increase in … the other sector and the effect on labour market performance therefore depends on whether discrimination is present in …
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market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT population and estimate labor market inequalities … marital status. Our findings suggest that while current measurement practices are a step forward for the LGBT population …'s statistical visibility, additional steps are required before household surveys may be used to consistently estimate discrimination …
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We contribute to understanding the challenges for estimating the size of the LGBTQ+ population and discriminatory sentiment against it by surveying 10,003 individuals, whom we randomize into a direct question or an Item Count Technique (ICT) elicitation group. The fractions of the population...
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