Sexual discrimination in labor hiring was measured using a controlled experimental approach. Carefully-matched pairs of … significant discrimination against females was detected in two of the seven occupations tested. They were gardener and computer … analyst programmer. The applicants who encountered discrimination would have been unaware, and unable to demonstrate, that sex …

The extent to which ethnic discrimination affected the employment opportunities of immigrants at the turn of the … occupational crowding, the evidence regarding the general labor market impact of ethnic discrimination prior to World War I is …

's decision concerning whom to promote. The results are quite supportive of the "jobs" theory of discrimination developed by …

This paper examines the problems generated by three firm-based analyses of discrimination. Besides the detailed … considerable bias in estimating discrimination. …

This study provides a test of Becker's hypothesis that wage discrimination within an industry depends on the degree of … environment, makes discrimination more costly and provides greater incentives for firms to employ female drivers. The earnings …

Using household data from the 1983 Survey of Consumer Finances, the hypothesis that there is no discrimination against …

compensation, relatively low wages that are a product of labor market discrimination can persist over time even in a world of … due to labor market discrimination. This stands in sharp contrast to standard economic theory which suggests that labor … market discrimination cannot explain the persistence of pay differentials between identifiable groups of individuals since …

A unique employer-level data set is used to provide insight not only to the degree of discrimination that may exist … , but also to the source of that potential discrimination. Results from decomposing individual wage equations indicate that … aggregated, however, the pay, job placement, and hiring discrimination estimates yield an overall discrimination estimate of a 6 …