Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring: A Pseudo Audit Study for Three Selected Occupations in Metropolitan Lima

Martin Moreno, Hugo Ñopo (), Jaime Saavedra () and Maximo Torero ()
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No 979, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper, we adapt the audit studies methodology to analyze gender and racial differences in hiring for a particular segment of the market of three selected occupations in Metropolitan Lima: salespersons, secretaries and (accounting and administrative) assistants. The adapted pseudo-audit study methodology allows us to reduce the room for existence of statistical discrimination. The results suggest the existence of no significant differences in hiring rates for different gender-race groups but some systematic (and significant) differences in the aimed wages of the individuals in their job search processes.

Keywords: field experiments; discrimination; occupational segregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D63 J4 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-exp, nep-lab, nep-lam, nep-mic and nep-ure
Date: 2004-01
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Working Paper: Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring: A Pseudo Audit Study for Three Selected Occupations in Metropolitan Lima (2004)
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