Using administrative records from a large national US retailer, we find managers learn to discriminate "on the job" as they gain experience hiring workers of different races. First, we find that negative and positive experiences with black hires seed the race of future hires, consistent with...

Online labor marketplaces facilitate the efficient matching of employers and workers across geographical boundaries. The exponential growth of this nascent online phenomenon holds important social and economic implications, as the hiring decisions made on these online platforms implicate the...

Many workers are evaluated on their ability to engage with customers. This paper measures the impact of gender-based customer discrimination on the productivity of online sales agents working across Sub-Saharan Africa. Using a novel framework that randomly varies the gender of names presented to...

Venezuela is currently experiencing the biggest crisis in its recent history. This has led to a large increase in emigration. According to recent estimates, there are a total of 5.6 million Venezuelan immigrants worldwide with over one million now living in Peru, which has led to an over 2...

How do crises shape native attitudes towards migrants A common threat could pro-duce an empathy channel among natives, but the perception of competition for scarce economic resources could just as easily spark prejudice through a resentment channel. 3,400 Colombian citizens were surveyed and...

Chapter 1. Introduction and key concepts -- Chapter 2. Disabled people in the UK’s labour market and Conservative government policy: a critique.-Chapter 3. The legal framework -- Chapter 4. Research methods: our approach to socio-legal research -- Chapter 5. Features of cases and outcomes at...