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We introduce a new measure of stereotypes based on the principle of a multiple-price list: the elicitation of … sample of 100 students from the majority population. We also estimate the role of statistical discrimination, taste …-based discrimination, and the contact hypothesis. Our results show small but significant mistreatment of the Roma. The choice to (not) have …
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addressing their weaknesses. In particular, policymakers should thoroughly address prejudice (taste-based discrimination …), stereotypes (statistical discrimination), cognitive biases, and attention-based discrimination. …Discrimination is a complex, multi-factor phenomenon. Evidence shows widespread discrimination on various grounds …
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anti-discrimination laws, and examines the implications of undertaking such an approach …
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discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or … intensifies the emotional response to the object of discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding … be the object of discrimination. A theoretical model is constructed that predicts that the choice to identify interacts …
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This paper presents the results of an attitude survey administered to university students in India that attempts to delineate the social-psychological mechanisms of 'externalization' and 'internalization' to understand the possible consequences of stigma associated with caste-based affirmative...
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This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … and survey information indicate that local and wholesale buyers do not have different tastes for discrimination. This … suggests that market competition can eliminate the discrimination of wholesale buyers. …
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In the more than 30 years following the all-volunteer force (AVF), the proportion of women serving in the military has increased from 1.8 percent just before the AVF to 14.2 percent in 2008. The majority of women do not stay in the military for a 20-year or longer career; like men, most women...
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Research on caste-based inequalities in India has generally focused on differences between large categories such as the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the remainder of the population. We contribute to the literature on horizontal inequalities in India by looking within these...
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