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Ethnic Discrimination in Germany’s Labour Market: A Field Experiment

Kaas, Leo, Manger, Christian·2012·German Economic Review

DOI 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2011.00538.x

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Abstract This paper studies ethnic discrimination in Germany’s labour market with a correspondence test. We send two similar applications to each of 528 advertisements for student internships, 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%. Differential treatment is particularly strong and significant in smaller firms at which the applicant with the German name receives 24% 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.

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Authors: Kaas, L., & Manger, C.
Affiliations: University of Konstanz (DE)
Corresponding author: Kaas, Leo
Manger, Christian
ORCID: Manger, Christian
Venue: German Economic Review
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published: 2012-02-01
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Pages: 1-20
ISSN: 1465-6485 (ISSN-L)
1468-0475
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2011.00538.x
OpenAlex: W1906367169
Cited by: 509
References: 33
Citations by year: 2026: 17 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 16
FWCI: 86.78
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 1308 d)
Locations: German Economic Review (publishedVersion)
KOPS (University of Konstanz) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords: ethnic discrimination, employment discrimination, correspondence test, name-based discrimination, callbacks, student internships, firm size, letters of recommendation, statistical discrimination, Germany

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