Showing 1 - 6 of 6
Economists are increasingly using experiments to study and measure discrimination between groups. In a meta …. Discrimination varies depending upon the type of group identity being studied: it is stronger when identity is artificially induced … are split into socially or geographically distinct groups. In gender discrimination experiments, there is significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444284
Understanding what motivates discrimination is of importance to economists and social scientists in general. In this … socially appropriate. The theoretical work of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005) suggests discrimination will also be stronger … discrimination can help reduce discriminatory behaviour. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444315
inappropriateness of discrimination. We test the framework of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005), which suggests discrimination will be … affect discriminatory decisions and that the social inappropriateness of discrimination moderates discriminatory behaviour. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029804
LGBTQ people, but this discrimination is not significantly increased by the concepts of Jesus or God. Neither concept …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389677
measure discrimination along multiple dimensions of social identity, and replicates previous findings showing the strongest … discrimination against out-groups occurs in the political domain. Moreover, we explore a possible explanation for this phenomenon … based upon social norms. We measure the social appropriateness of discrimination along each identity dimension. The ranking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480643
The importance of social identities (e.g. race, gender, political ideology) in economic interactions is well established, but little is known about how people strategically manipulate the visibility or salience of their multiple identity types. This paper experimentally explores a common type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480651