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The effects of information and competition on racial discrimination: Evidence from a field experiment
Nunley, John M.; Owens, Mark F.; Howard, R. Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 3, pp. 670-679
We study racial discrimination by simultaneously selling identical products on eBay in pairs of auctions posted under … products. But price differences only emerge for sellers who have low eBay feedback scores in less competitive markets. Because … increased competition are both effective at reducing discrimination in online auctions. …
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Uncovering sophisticated discrimination with the help of credence goods markups : evidence from a natural field experiment
Hall, Jonathan; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Neururer, Daniel; … - 2019
We present the results of a pre-registered natural field experiment designed to uncover a sophisticated form of discrimination against an immigrant minority in a market for credence goods. For this purpose, we introduce two markups: (i) the credence goods markup defined as the difference between...
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Affirmative action, shifting competition, and human capital accumulation : a comparative static analysis of investment contests
Cotton, Christopher; Hickman, Brent R.; Price, Joseph - 2020 - This version: June 2020
depends substantially on the strength of one's competition. Second, we find evidence of a counter-intuitive role for …
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Gender identity, race, and ethnicity-based discrimination in access to mental health care : evidence from an audit correspondence field experiment
Fumarco, Luca; Harrell, Benjamin; Button, Patrick; … - 2023
Racial, ethnic, and gender minorities face mental health disparities. While mental health care can help, minoritized groups could face discriminatory barriers in accessing it. Discrimination may be particularly pronounced in mental health care because providers have more discretion over...
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Minimum wages and racial discrimination in hiring : evidence from a field experiment
Brandon, Alec; Holz, Justin E.; Simon, Andrew; Uchida, … - 2023
When minimum wages increase, employers may respond to the regulatory burdens by substituting away from disadvantaged workers. We test this hypothesis using a correspondence study with 35,000 applications around ex-ante uncertain minimum wage increases in three U.S. states. Before the increases,...
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Gender identity, race, and ethnicity-based discrimination in access to mental health care : evidence from an audit correspondence field experiment
Fumarco, Luca; Harrell, Benjamin; Button, Patrick; … - 2023
Racial, ethnic, and gender minorities face mental health disparities. While mental health care can help, minoritized groups could face discriminatory barriers in accessing it. Discrimination may be particularly pronounced in mental health care because providers have more discretion over...
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What's in a name? : does racial or gender discrimination in marking exist?
Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Klauzner, Ilya; Slonim, Robert - 2020
We study whether racial or gender discrimination in marking exists at universities by conducting an experiment at a major Australian university where we randomly assigned names indicative of White, Chinese or Adopter identities (comprised of a White first name and Chinese surname) and male or...
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Racial discrimination and White first name adoption : evidence from a correspondence study in the Australian labour market
Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Ooi, Evarn; Slonim, Robert - 2020
We design and implement a correspondence study where we sent fictitious résumés with Chinese names and White names in response to both high-skilled and low-skilled job advertisements. Consistent with similar research elsewhere, we find that there is a large gap in getting interview offers when...
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Collective Reputation and the Dynamics of Statistical Discrimination
Kim, Young-Chul; Loury, Glenn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Economists have developed theoretical models identifying self-fulfilling expectations as an important source of statistical discrimination in labor markets (Arrow, 1973). The static models dominating the literature of statistical discrimination, however, may leave the false impression that a bad...
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Where does racial discrimination occur? An experimental analysis across neighborhood and housing unit characteristics
Hanson, Andrew; Hawley, Zackary - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 94-106
This paper examines racial discrimination across several neighborhood and housing unit characteristics including racial composition, rent, and distance from the urban core. We find that African Americans face higher rates of discrimination than whites in a wide range of racially mixed...
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