Testing for Racial Discrimination in the Labour Market

Peter Riach () and Judith Rich

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1991, vol. 15, issue 3, 239-56

Abstract: Racial discrimination in selection for job interview was measured directly by the experimental technique of "corresponding testing." Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were sent in response to advertised vacancies in Victoria--a state of Australia. One letter was from an applicant with an Anglo-Celtic name and the other was from an applicant with a Greek or Vietnamese name. Statistically significant discrimination was found against both Vietnamese-named and Greek-named applicants. There was no relationship between the incidence of discrimination and the competitive structure of the employer's product market. Copyright 1991 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 1991
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