Employers discriminate against immigrants and criminal offenders—Experimental evidence

Gari Walkowitz

Economics Letters, 2019, vol. 174, issue C, 140-143

Abstract: We experimentally study the causal effect of being an immigrant or previously convicted on the hiring preferences and wage payments of employers. We find evidence for statistical discrimination against immigrants. Criminal offenders suffer from more severe and taste discrimination.

Keywords: Labor market discrimination; Immigrants; Criminal offenders; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 J00 J71 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.11.003

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