AutorIn 1: | ||||
Kaas, Leo | ||||
AutorIn 2: | ||||
Manger, Christian | ||||
HerausgeberIn 1: | ||||
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor | ||||
Titel: | ||||
Ethnic Discrimination in Germany’s Labour Market: A Field Experiment | ||||
Ort: | ||||
Bonn | ||||
Verlag: | ||||
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute for the Study of Labor | ||||
Jahr: | ||||
2010 | ||||
Reihe: | ||||
Discussion Paper No. 4741 - February 2010 | ||||
Abstract: | ||||
"(...) This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany’s labour market with a correspondence test. To each of
528 advertisements for student internships we send two similar applications, one with a Turkish-sounding and
one with a German-sounding name. A German name raises the average probability of a callback by about 14
percent. Differential treatment is particularly strong and significant at smaller firms at which the applicant with
the German name receives 24 percent more callbacks. Discrimination disappears when we restrict our sample to
applications including reference letters which contain favourable information about the candidate’s personality.
We interpret this finding as evidence for statistical discrimination. (...)" [ethnic discrimination, hiring discrimination, correspondence test] | ||||
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