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When Correspondence Studies Fail to Detect Hiring Discrimination

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Cahuc, Pierre, Carcillo, Stephane, Minea, Andreea, Valfort, Marie-Anne·2019·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3468601
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  • Private employers discriminate considerably more than public employers in Great Britain, France, and Norway.

    “9. Public sector employers discriminate less.Studies in Great Britain, France, and Norway find considerably higher discrimination by private employers than by public employers (Cahuc et al. 2019, Midtbøen 2016, Wood et al. 2009).”

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    Section 2.2 reports substantially more discrimination by private employers in France at the interview-invitation stage, and the Introduction reports similar correspondence-study findings for Great Britain and Norway. But the claim omits that stage limitation: the Introduction says lower invitation discrimination in the French public sector is compatible with stronger discrimination there after interviews. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Cahuc, P., Carcillo, S., Minea, A., & Valfort, M.-A.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (FR)
  • Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (FR)
Corresponding author
Cahuc, Pierre
ORCID
Cahuc, Pierre
Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.3468601
OpenAlex
W2989219728
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17
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Language
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Keywords
hiring discrimination, correspondence education, callback rates, civil service recruitment, private sector hiring, ethnic discrimination in employment

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