Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market for Recent College Graduates: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Autor:	Adam Pugh, Nicholas Romero, John M. Nunley, R. Alan Seals
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Labour economics Risk aversion media_common.quotation_subject Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Customer interaction Racism Test (assessment) Race (biology) Seekers Quality (business) Psychology Productivity media_common
Zdroj:	The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 15:1093-1125
ISSN:	1935-1682 2194-6108
Popis:	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.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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