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Do ethnicity and sex of employers affect applicants' job interest? : an experimental exploration
Granberg, Mark; Ottosson, Niklas; Ahmed, Ali M. - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/15, pp. 1-10
results provided no evidence of ethnic or sex discrimination by job-seekers against employers. …
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Ethnic discrimination in China's internet job board labor market
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
We conduct a large-scale field experiment to investigate how Chinese firms respond to Internet job board applications from ethnic minority and Han applicants. We signal ethnicity by using names that are typically Han Chinese and distinctively Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uighur. We find significant...
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications … have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended …
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications … have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725392
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Chapter 18 Antidiscrimination Law
Donohue, John J. - In: Handbook of law and economics : volume 2, (pp. 1387-1472). 2007
antidiscrimination law across a variety of contexts including discrimination in labor markets, housing markets, consumer purchases, and … policing. The different models of discrimination based on animus, statistical discrimination, and cartel exploitation are … analyzed for both race and sex discrimination. I explore the theoretical arguments for prohibiting private discriminatory …
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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: Is discrimination absolute or relative?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...
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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier : is discrimination absolute or relative?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-17
Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683185
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Discrimination in the Equilibrium Search Model with Wage-Tenure Contracts
Fang, Zheng; Sakellariou, Chris - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 14 (2013) 2, pp. 451-480
This paper extends Burdett and Coles (2003)'s search model to two types of workers and firms and derives the equilibrium earnings distributions for both types of workers. It is proven that minority workers have a higher unemployment rate than majority workers; discriminating firms make lower...
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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Chapter 5. Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Survey
Fang, Hanming; Moro, Andrea - In: Handbook of social economics : volume 1, (pp. 133-200). 2011
This chapter surveys the theoretical literature on statistical discrimination and affirmative action. This literature …
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