Digitale Arbeitsplattformen wecken aufgrund der Anonymität sowie der zeitlich und örtlich flexiblen Erwerbsmöglichkeiten zeitweise die Erwartung, Gleichstellung fördern und Entgeltdifferenzen abbauen zu können. Zwar existieren Studien, die sich mit der fairen Bezahlung von Plattformtätigen...

This paper studies how and why anti-Irish sentiment in 19th century England spills over onto jury decisions at London's Old Bailey Central Criminal Court. We classify the (perceived) ethnicity of courtroom participants according to whether they have distinctly Irish or English surnames based on...

How do systemic modes of discrimination-such as a caste system, or racial bias-impact the transmission of intergenerational opportunities in a developing country? What are the mechanisms by which discriminatory norms in labour and marriage markets affect such opportunities? How could we measure...

This paper studies how and why anti-Irish sentiment in 19th century England spills over onto jury decisions at London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court. We classify the (perceived) ethnicity of courtroom participants according to whether they have distinctly Irish or English surnames based...

This paper studies how and why anti-Irish sentiment in 19th century England spills over onto jury decisions at London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court. We classify the (perceived) ethnicity of courtroom participants according to whether they have distinctly Irish or English surnames based...

Digitale Arbeitsplattformen wecken aufgrund der Anonymität sowie der zeitlich und örtlich flexiblen Erwerbsmöglichkeiten zeitweise die Erwartung, Gleichstellung fördern und Entgeltdifferenzen abbauen zu können. Zwar existieren Studien, die sich mit der fairen Bezahlung von Plattformtätigen...

Vielfalt ist in der deutschen Arbeitswelt längst Normalität: Über 80 Prozent der Beschäftigten erfüllen mindestens ein, fast die Hälfte mehrere Vielfaltsmerkmale. Trotz des Allgemeinen Gleichbehandlungsgesetzes bestehen Benachteiligungen fort - besonders bei Personen mit nicht-christlicher...

Members of certain minority groups are disadvantaged in different areas of society, such as the labor and housing market and the healthcare system. This is referred to as discrimination if people are disadvantaged solely based on their group membership (e.g., ethnic background or religious...

Sexuelle Belästigung ist eine substanzielle Belastung für die direkt Betroffenen und ihr (Arbeits-)Umfeld - und damit potenziell auch eine wirtschaftliche Belastung für Betriebe. Wie verbreitet sexuelle Belästigung und präventive Maßnahmen in Betrieben sind, wurde dennoch bisher nicht...

Die Frage nach dem Ausmaß und der relativen Bedeutung von Diskriminierung für ethnische Ungleichheiten im deutschen Bildungssystem hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Ethnische Disparitäten im Schulerfolg werden teils auf diskriminierende Praktiken zurückgeführt,...

In einer zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaft ist es wichtig, dass auf dem Arbeitsmarkt alle die gleichen Chancen haben. Studien zeigen jedoch, dass dies aufgrund von Ungleichbehandlung etwa bei der Arbeitsuche nicht immer der Fall ist. Ein breiteres Wissen in der Öffentlichkeit über das...

Wie wird die subjektiv wahrgenommene Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz im Rahmen des EU-Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) erfasst? Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags steht das LFS-Zusatzmodul 2021 zur Arbeitsmarktsituation von Personen mit Einwanderungsgeschichte. Es wird analysiert, wie Diskriminierung durch...

Wie wird die subjektiv wahrgenommene Diskriminierung am Arbeitsplatz im Rahmen des EU-Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) erfasst? Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags steht das LFS-Zusatzmodul 2021 zur Arbeitsmarktsituation von Personen mit Einwanderungsgeschichte. Es wird analysiert, wie Diskriminierung durch...

This study investigates whether employers in an online hiring experiment exhibit discrimination based on workers' accents that indicate English is not their primary language. To assess accent bias, we implement a randomized treatment design in which participants acting as employers are assigned...

"Just cause" policies aim to discourage the arbitrary firing of employees. Recent efforts at passing such laws in the U.S. have been motivated by deterring discrimination. This paper presents a framework to study the effects of just cause when managers engage in taste-based discrimination. The...

The sentiment among refugees in Germany has changed significantly: Using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data from 2016 to 2023, it can be seen that refugees have been feeling increasingly unwelcome since 2018, while their concerns about xenophobia have grown since 2019. In addition, cross-sectional...

We incorporate the endogenous feedback loop at the core of the seminal Schelling (1969) model of segregation into a dynamic model of neighborhood choice and use it to study the forces that shaped racial and income segregation in the San Francisco Bay area from 1990 to 2004. Such an analysis...

There is a growing literature that provides concrete evidence of the effects of the pandemic on both health and socioeconomic outcomes. While the general negative effects of the pandemic were felt across race, gender, social status, and age, there is emerging literature suggesting a...

The past half century has witnessed widespread gender convergence across many labor market outcomes, including hours worked, earnings, and occupations. However, this paper shows that, over the same period, men's and women's sectors of employment actually diverged. We decompose the rise in...

There is a growing literature that provides concrete evidence of the effects of the pandemic on both health and socioeconomic outcomes. While the general negative effects of the pandemic were felt across race, gender, social status, and age, there is emerging literature suggesting a...

Access to traditional financial institutions plays a key role in enhancing positive financial outcomes. However, some consumers within the United States experience discrimination from these same institutions. In particular, discrimination based on race and gender has historically been tied to...

We present evidence for taste-based discrimination against Chinese first authors in economic citations. We utilize a gravity model of citations and interpret the bias as a negative effect of "cultural distance". After controlling for quality as well as author-, paper-, and journal-specific...

This paper examines implicit gender bias in entrepreneurial financing by randomizing screenings of business investment ideas pitched in the format of the reality television show Chigign Tobiya. Keeping business idea and pitch quality constant, the experiment randomizes whether a female or male...

How individuals allocate resources across social groups depends on economic conditions. While prior research has documented strong in-group favoritism in domains reflecting favorable economic conditions, it remains unclear how this tendency shifts in domains that reflect economic downturns. We...

We examine how exogenous changes in exposure to air pollution over the past two decades have altered the disparities in home values between Black and White homeowners. We find that air quality capitalization rates are significantly lower for Black homeowners. In fact, they are so much lower...

Discrimination remains a persistent challenge with significant moral and economic consequences. While extensive economics research has documented its existence, identifying effective strategies for reducing discrimination remains an evolving field. This chapter synthesizes theoretical...