Discerning Discrimination: Does Interviewing Firms Make a Difference?

This paper examines the problems generated by three firm-based analyses of discrimination. Besides the detailed difficulties associated with each of these studies, a common failing is ignoring worker behavior, an error that can cause considerable bias in estimating discrimination.

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Year of publication:	1995
Authors:	Nelson, Phillip ; Polachek, Solomon W.
Published in:	Eastern Economic Journal. - Eastern Economic Association - EEA, ISSN 0094-5056. - Vol. 21.1995, 3, p. 393-398
Publisher:	Eastern Economic Association - EEA
Subject:	Bias \| Discrimination

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J71 - Discrimination
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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