Racial discrimination in the labor market for recent college graduates. Evidence from a field experiment.

Autor/inn/en	Nunley, John M.; Pugh, Adam; Romero, Nicholas; Seals, R. Alan
Titel	Racial discrimination in the labor market for recent college graduates. Evidence from a field experiment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Rassistische Diskriminierung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt für Hochschulabsolventen. Erkenntnisse aus einem Feldexperiment.
Quelle	In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy, 15 (2015) 3, S. 1093-1125 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-1682
DOI	10.1515/bejeap-2014-0082
Schlagwörter	Vorurteil; Diskriminierung; Personalauswahl; Arbeitsuche; Arbeitsuchender; Ethnische Gruppe; Hochschulabsolvent; Minderheit; Schwarzer; Weißer; USA
Abstract	"We present experimental evidence from a correspondence test of racial discrimination in the labor market for recent college graduates. We find strong evidence of differential treatment by race: black applicants receive approximately 14% fewer interview requests than their otherwise identical white counterparts. The racial gap in employment opportunities is larger when comparisons are made between job seekers with credentials that proxy for expected productivity and/or match quality. Moreover, the racial discrimination detected is driven by greater discrimination in jobs that require customer interaction. Various tests for the type of discrimination tend to support taste-based discrimination, but we are unable to rule out risk aversion on the part of employers as a possible explanation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2015/4