Cultural Assimilation and Ethnic Discrimination: An Audit Study with Schools

David Martinez de Lafuente

Labour Economics, 2021, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: In a field experiment, I test whether the cultural assimilation of immigrant families mitigates the discriminatory behavior of schools. To this end, I sent fictitious visit requests to more than 2,500 schools located in the Community of Madrid (Spain). I signaled cultural assimilation of immigrant families through the parents' decision of giving their child a native name. Overall, Romanian families who gave a Spanish name to their child receive 7 % (5 p.p.) more responses than those who selected a Romanian name. Emails from families whose members have Romanian names are 12 % (9 p.p.) less likely to receive a response than those from native Spanish-named families. The results show a consistent pattern across schools with differing characteristics.

Keywords: Immigration; Assimilation; Discrimination; Audit study; School choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102058

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