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History is replete with overt discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status … discrimination are not equally tolerable. For example, discrimination based on immutable or prohibitively unalterable characteristics … driven by either racial (gender or ethnic) discrimination or generational discrimination (i.e., young versus old). When the …
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Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of … increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games and a formal model, we show that the generosity of rooted French … driven by the activation of rooted French taste-based discrimination against Muslims when Muslim numbers increase. Our …
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work-life balance) in coping with xenophobia and its sub-dimensions (including discrimination, prejudice, and stereotyping …
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quantitative criteria to confirm that Israel is subject to discrimination. To explain the motives for discrimination, we present a … deflection of criticism. The model includes a role for traditional prejudice. Our conclusions more generally concern political …
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The word “scapegoat” is defined as “a person made to bear the blame for others,” and similarly, “scapegoatism” refers to “the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself” (Collins English Dictionary and...
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using a rich dataset on dwellings and their occupants yield evidence of such discrimination and prejudice. They also suggest …
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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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evidence in court in order to prevent ethnic discrimination. In the UK The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the right … to conduct discrimination tests and to even prosecute firms, implying that discriminating firms face the risk of a … significant penalty. Other European countries have been reluctant to use such tests as a tool for counteracting discrimination and …
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This paper contributes to the existing literature on ethnic discrimination of immigrants in hiring by addressing the … remaining 23 per cent. This in turn, suggests a lower bound for statistical discrimination of approximately 23 per cent of total … discrimination. The analysis indicates further that the 77 per cent are most likely driven by a mixture of preference-based and …
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This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany's labour market with a correspondence test. To each of 528 …. Discrimination disappears when we restrict our sample to applications including reference letters which contain favourable … information about the candidate's personality. We interpret this finding as evidence for statistical discrimination. …
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