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cause of economic inequality. To study contemporary discrimination we conducted a field experiment in the low-wage labor … market of New York City. The experiment recruited white, black, and Latino job applicants, called testers, who were matched … opportunities for low-wage workers. -- Discrimination ; field experiment ; race ; labor markets …
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reduce it? To answer these questions, we conducted a field experiment on employer discrimination in Sweden. Going beyond …
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a field experiment (144 job-seekers and their correspondence with 5,549 firms) that tested the extent to which sexual …
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We conducted a resume correspondence experiment to measure discrimination in hiring faced by Indigenous Peoples in the …
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a field experiment (144 job-seekers and their correspondence with 5,549 firms) that tested the extent to which sexual …
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Using a lab experiment which simulates a labor market and does not use deception, we investigate racial discrimination … abilities is known. The experiment design allows us to observe within-subject variation in discrimination based on different …
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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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Using an experimental setup involving 436 case workers at the Swedish Public Employment Service (SPES) as subjects and the profile photographs and recorded voices of 75 jobseekers as treatments, we report results indicating that male case workers tend to favor jobseekers perceived as having a...
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For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions, consistently reporting high rates of discrimination against minority applicants - including immigrants -, irrespective of time, location, or minority groups tested. While Riach and...
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cause of economic inequality. To study contemporary discrimination we conducted a field experiment in the low-wage labor … market of New York City. The experiment recruited white, black, and Latino job applicants, called testers, who were matched …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271248