Does Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

• Autores: Alison L. Booth, Andrew Leigh, Elena Varganova
• Localización: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, ISSN 0305-9049, Vol. 74, Nº. 4, 2012, págs. 547-573
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We conduct a large-scale field experiment to measure labour market discrimination in Australia, one quarter of whose population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use distinctively Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous, Italian, Chinese and Middle Eastern names. We compare multiple ethnic groups, rather than a single minority as in most other studies. In all cases we applied for entry-level jobs and submitted a CV indicating that the candidate attended high school in Australia. We find significant differences in callback rates: ethnic minority candidates would need to apply for more jobs in order to receive the same number of interviews. These differences vary systematically across ethnic groups.