Assessing Discrimination in Correspondence Studies

Autor/inn/en	Rodríguez Menés, Jorge; Rovira, Marti
Titel	Assessing Discrimination in Correspondence Studies
Quelle	In: Sociological Methods & Research, 50 (2021) 4, S.1584-1622 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rodríguez Menés, Jorge)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-1241
DOI	10.1177/0049124119826152
Schlagwörter	Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Minority Groups; Job Applicants; Research Methodology; Validity; Foreign Countries; Criminals; Research Problems; Field Studies; Spain (Barcelona) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Ethnische Minderheit; Bewerber; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Gültigkeit; Ausland; Straftäter; Forschungskritik; Praxisforschung
Abstract	Correspondence studies are popular tools for assessing discrimination against minorities, for example, in the labor market. Typically, two fake "Curriculum Vitae" (CVs) are sent to multiple job openings. The CVs are equivalent except for a mark identifying the disadvantaged. While it is straightforward to establish discrimination from minorities' lower response rates, it is often unclear what its source may be. Discrimination may result as much from employers' aversion toward a minority, as from perceptions that members have lower or more dispersed abilities that are unstandardizable in a CV. We refine existing methodologies to propose a wider-scope method capable of disentangling these three sources of discrimination and establish its face validity applying it to a correspondence study aimed at assessing labor market discrimination against ex-convicts in a local market. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01