We use novel and unique survey data from Italy to shed light on key questions regarding the measurement of social …

information. In many cases, the law prohibits the collection of such information to prevent direct racial discrimination. As a … estimating racial differences in party registration. Finally, we apply the proposed methodology to estimate racial differences in … Service. Open-source software is available which implements the proposed methodology …

Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear … unobservable determinants of productivity can still generate spurious evidence of discrimination in either direction. This paper … shows how to recover an unbiased estimate of discrimination when the correspondence study includes variation in applicant …

Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear … unobservable determinants of productivity can still generate spurious evidence of discrimination in either direction. This paper … shows how to recover an unbiased estimate of discrimination when the correspondence study includes variation in applicant …

Correspondence studies can identify the extent of discrimination in hiring as typically defined by the law, which … includes discrimination against ethnic minorities and females. However, as Heckman and Siegelman (1993) show, if employers act … upon a group difference in the variance of unobserved variables, this measure of discrimination may not be very informative …

Audit studies testing for discrimination have been criticized because applicants from different groups may not appear … unobservable determinants of productivity can still generate spurious evidence of discrimination in either direction. This paper … shows how to recover an unbiased estimate of discrimination when the correspondence study includes variation in applicant …

The European Social Survey (ESS) is a multi-country biennial survey now in its third round (though it has recently … initial success. The ESS has three main aims: to measure, monitor and interpret changing public attitudes within Europe and to …-national quantitative measurement within Europe and beyond; to develop a series of social indicators, including attitudinal indicators …

made no significant improvement to minority applicant outcomes. Clear evidence of statistical discrimination was found only …Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were … surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were …