کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5057504 | 1476602 | 2017 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- We sent 1032 fictitious job applications in response to a set of real job openings.
- Natives with an ethnic-minority background and non-natives face comparable occupational access constraints.
- Natives with an ethnic-minority background and non-natives are sorted into similarly lower paid vacancies.
- An ethnic name regardless of one's nationality generates unequal treatments.
- Productivity uncertainties and distastes might lead to firms' unequal treatments.
Through a field study we measure differences in employment outcomes between natives, non-natives, and natives with an ethnic-minority background. It is suggested that the joint effect of productivity uncertainties and distastes against ethnic-minority groups should be higher for non-natives than for natives with an ethnic-minority background. However, it is revealed that both non-natives and natives with an ethnic-minority background face comparable occupational access constraints and are sorted into similarly lower paid vacancies. An ethnic name regardless of one's nationality is enough to generate unequal treatments.
Journal: Economics Letters - Volume 161, December 2017, Pages 27-30