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Experimental Evidence of Taste-Based Discrimination Against Overweight Workers

Pham-Kanter, Genevieve - 2015

In this study, I look at whether individuals treat overweight workers differently from slender workers when deliberating about bonuses and promotions. Using a nationally representative sample of over 1700 subjects, I experimentally vary the performance ratings and the apparent weight of...

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African Americans in the U.S. Economy Since Emancipation

Sundstrom, William A. - 2011

This paper explores the history of African Americans in the U.S. economy since emancipation. With the end of the Civil War, some four million former slaves had gained their freedom, but the freed people faced daunting economic challenges, including poverty, illiteracy, and discrimination....

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Gender and Ethnic Wage Differentials Inhibit Growth : A Shred of Evidence

Asali, Muhammad - 2021

Racial, ethnic, and gender wage differentials, in particular those that are not explained by human capital differences between the respective groups, are fixtures of labor markets in almost all countries, developed and developing alike. Discriminatory wage differentials have detrimental social...

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Do White NBA Players Suffer from Reverse Discrimination?

Ajilore, Olugbenga - 2014

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has been fertile ground for the study of discrimination due to demographic … accustomed to African-Americans in the NBA. Recent research has now shown that the pendulum has swung in the other direction and … there exists reverse discrimination with white athletes in the NBA. Following Altonji and Pierret (2001), I use a …

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Mismatch in the Workplace : Exploring Racial Gaps in Labor Market Outcomes under the Mismatch Hypothesis Using the after the JD Study

Kaczmarczyk-Smith, Christopher - 2023

This paper explores the implications of the mismatch hypothesis in the context of the labor market using a survey on newly licensed US lawyers called the After the JD Study. Using a triple difference approach, I measure the impact of diversity quotas on marginal minority workers’ future...

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Testing for Employee Discrimination Using Matched Employer-Employee Data : Theory and Evidence

Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2021

In this paper, we directly test Becker's theory of employee discrimination using matched worker-workplace data from Britain. Based on a structural model with individual and firm heterogeneity, we develop and test two predictions. Firstly, if white employees have a taste for discrimination they...

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Wages, Sorting on Skill, and the Racial Composition of Jobs

Hirsch, Barry T.; Macpherson, David A. - 2021

Wages for black and white workers are substantially lower in occupations with a high density of black employees, following standard controls. Such correlations can exist absent discrimination or as a result of discrimination. In wage level equations, the magnitude of the correlation falls...

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Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses

Pudney, Stephen E.; Shields, Michael - 2021

For many years the NHS has been subject to allegations that gender and racial discrimination are a feature of the internal labour market for qualified nurses. This paper examines this issue with regard to the promotion process using 1994 survey data. We start by rejecting the assumption of...

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Racial and ethnic inequality in Latin America

Telles, Edward E.; Bailey, Stanley R.; Davoudpour, Shahin; … - 2023

This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily … measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two additional measures from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP …

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Correspondence testing studies : what can we learn about discrimination in hiring?

Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2014

Anti-discrimination policies play an important role in public discussions. However, identifying discriminatory practices in the labor market is not an easy task. Correspondence testing provides a credible way to reveal discrimination in hiring and provide hard facts for policies. The method...

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