In this paper, we examine labor market favoritism in a unique laboratory experiment design that can shed light on both … the private benefits and spillover costs of employer favoritism (or discrimination). Group identity is induced on subjects … combat favoritism/discrimination. This result also identifies one potential micro-foundation of societal unrest that may link …

presents results of an experiment in revealing unconscious bias …The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and … on methods to contrast bias presenting evidence (where it exists) of their effectiveness. The second part of the paper …

Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of … discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or … intensifies the emotional response to the object of discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding …

associated with increased ethnic wage discrimination–in line with the predictions of Becker's theory of discrimination …, among male and female workers, and the gender wage gap, among Georgians and non-Georgians. The gender wage discrimination is … larger than the ethnic wage discrimination. In the second estimation stage, these wage discrimination estimates are used in a …

, however, about how to reduce discrimination. This study reports the results of a large-scale field experiment we ran together …A rich literature shows that ethnic discrimination is an omnipresent and highly persistent phenomenon. Little is known … discrimination …

stage of initial contact preceding a potential application for unemployment benefit. Our correspondence experiment … facilitates testing for the presence of each of two intertwined drivers of discrimination: ethnic animus and socioeconomic status … prejudice. We find substantial evidence for the presence of discrimination based on both of these sources. Since Roma tend to …

matched photos as distinct visual cues. While results document employment discrimination for all groups with migration … background, it is most pronounced for applicants with an African background. To explain why and when discrimination occurs, a … discrimination in Austria …

We investigate risk aversion as a driver of labour market discrimination against homosexual men. We show that more … hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test … this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a …