Hiring discrimination based on national origin and religious closeness: results from a field experiment in the Paris area
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This study uses the findings of a test carried out by correspondence in order to assess separately the potential hiring effects of North African origin and Muslim or Catholic religious affiliation in the French real estate sector. We constructed six jobseeker profiles, each representing a particular situation with respect to national origin and religious closeness, and we sent 1800 resumés in reply to 300 job vacancies advertised from mid April to mid September 2011 in Paris and its suburbs. We find evidences of significant hiring discrimination against applicants of North African origin, regardless of their religious closenesses and against applicants signaling closeness to the Muslim religion, regardless of their national origin. JEL codes C81, C93, J15, J71
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Pierné (2013) found that being North African or Muslim reduces the likelihood of a positive response, with an additive effect.
“The results demonstrate that being North African or Muslim reduces the likelihood of a positive response, with an additive effect.”
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- Authors
- Pierné, G.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Pierné, Guillaume
- ORCID
- Pierné, Guillaume
- Venue
- IZA Journal of Labor Economics
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2013-08-23
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2193-8997 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2141853116
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- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- hiring discrimination, national origin, religious affiliation, Islam, Catholicism, Maghrebi immigrants, real estate industry, job applications, correspondence testing, labor market discrimination
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