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The demand for discrimination| old_uid | 5989 |
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| title | The demand for discrimination |
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| start_date | 2009/01/16 |
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| schedule | 10h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | We use a controlled field experiment – in which workers are not aware that they participate in an experiment – to measure the extent of “taste-based” discrimination based on ethnic stereotypes in Denmark. We identify “taste-based” discrimination by measuring workers’ productivities and by either providing decision makers with information about productivities of potential co-workers or not. We argue that this knowledge of productivity differentials is a good proxy for the cost of discrimination. We find a substantial willingness to pay for ethnic discrimination. However, discrimination is remarkably responsive to incentives. That is, we find that the demand for “taste-based” discrimination is downward-sloping. |
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| responsibles | Hollard |
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