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Unpacking name-based race discrimination

Abel, Martin; Burger, Rulof - 2023

We investigate the extent and underlying mechanisms of how race beliefs associated with applicants' names affect hiring decisions. Using nationally representative data, we find widespread beliefs that people with names perceived to be Black possess lower levels of education, productivity and...

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Implicit Prejudice and Ethnic Minorities : Arab-Muslims in Sweden

Agerstroem, Jens; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2021

This paper examines whether Swedish employers implicitly/automatically hold i) negative attitudes toward Arab-Muslims, an ethnic minority group subjected to substantial labor market discrimination in Sweden, and more specifically ii) associate members of this minority group with lower work...

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Whats in a name?

Aura, Saku; Hess, Gregory D. - 2004

Plenty. This paper analyzes two broad questions: Does your first name matter? And how did you get your first name anyway? Using data from the National Opinion Research Centers (NORC s) General Social Survey, including access to respondents first names from the 1994 and 2002 surveys, we extract...

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Migrant Youth and Juvenile Crime

Easteal, Patricia L. - 2011

Easteal examines the relationship between ethnicity and migration and juvenile crime. She considers why immigrant youth … to immigrant youth and their interaction with the various components of the criminal justice system are surveyed. She … immigrant youth …

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Integration of refugee children and adolescents in and out of school : evidence of success but still room for improvement

Gambaro, Ludovica; Kemptner, Daniel; Pagel, Lisa; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 34, pp. 345-354

Germany has seen the arrival of a large number of displaced children and adolescents in recent years. Integration is vital for their lives today and in the future. Key indicators of successful integration are a sense of belonging to school, participation in extracurricular activities, both...

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Separating state dependence, experience, and heterogeneity in a model of youth crime and education

Mancino, Maria Antonella; Navarro, Salvador; Rivers, … - 2015

We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … roles of state dependence, returns to experience, and heterogeneity in driving crime and enrollment decisions among youth … temporarily keep youth away from crime, can have important and lasting effects even if criminal experience has already accumulated. …

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Discontinuities in the age-victimization profile and the determinants of victimization

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Ketel, Nadine; … - 2021 - This version: December 02, 2021

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

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Discontinuities in the age-victimization profile and the determinants of victimization

Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Ketel, Nadine; … - 2021

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745418

Do reported attitudes towards Immigrants predict ethnic discrimination?

Carlsson, Magnus; Eriksson, Stefan - 2012

Reported attitudes towards immigrants are sometimes used as a proxy for ethnic discrimination. However, there is little empirical evidence of a link between attitudes and discrimination. In this paper, we use survey data on people's attitudes towards immigrants combined with data on ethnic...

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Between meritocracy and ethnic discrimination: the gender difference

Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - 2008

Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...

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