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Using a choice experiment, we test whether taste-based employee discrimination against ethnic minorities is susceptible … hypothetical wage penalty for discriminatory choice behaviour lowers discrimination and that higher penalties have a greater effect …
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. We find no evidence of gender-based discrimination, including in STEM occupations. However, in line with previous studies …We conduct a correspondence study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of hiring discrimination in Malaysia … in the same context, we find evidence of ethnic discrimination. We then test the relevance of two soft skills: leadership …
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We propose a competitive general equilibrium theory of gender discrimination in labor market where male and female … forces of competition would restrict subjective discrimination which leads to increasing cost for a firm and reduce the … discrimination. Pioneering works of Becker (1957) and Arrow (1973), in terms of partial equilibrium models, have argued that the …
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discrimination in terms of hiring recommendations, job fit assessments, or wage offers. However, a closer analysis reveals a gender … discrimination towards LGBTQ+ workers in the labor market and its interaction with gender. …This paper presents the findings of an artifactual field experiment conducted in urban Ecuador to investigate …
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find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of …If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab … experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before …
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We show that increasing the intensity of product market competition can reduce discrimination against female managers …, even in an environment in which all employers have a preference for discrimination. The reason is that due to the glass … beneficial for the firm when product market competition is intense. Using detailed matched employee-employer data, we find that …
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and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized …-based discrimination by employers at the point of screening in Tunisia. The study sent out 1,571 fictitious and substantially identical …
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find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of …If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab … experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before …
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