Employers’ stereotypes and taste-based discrimination

Hiroki Yasuda

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2023, vol. 67, issue C

Abstract: Studies founded on Becker's theory of employers’ taste-based discrimination show that discrimination arises not from “taste” but from “prejudice,” “belief,” and “stereotype.” However whether the “employer” is the source of discrimination remains unanswered. Thus, survey research using employers as a sample is indispensable to address this issue. In this study, we use a unique data set that employers can identify to analyze whether their gender stereotypes are the source of gender discrimination. The analysis showed that employers' strong stereotypes reduced women's proportion in companies. Furthermore, when the employer is a woman, her stereotype strongly influences women's proportion.

Keywords: Stereotypes; Taste-based discrimination; Women's proportion in companies; Gender role (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101240

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