Examining discrimination against Jews in Italy with three natural field experiments

Cornel Nesseler, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Petr Parshakov and Helmut Dietl

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2023, vol. 106, issue C

Abstract: We use three natural field experiments to examine anti-Semitism in Italy by sending email inquiries to amateur football clubs, landlords, and employers and comparing the response rates to emails sent with Jewish- and non-Jewish-sounding names. Italy is an interesting country as discrimination was heterogeneous and geographically unevenly distributed during World War II. We analyze if today's anti-Semitism in Italy is geographically correlated to the deportations and killings of Jews during the Holocaust. The results show significant discrimination when looking for football club and an apartment, but not when seeking a job. We find markedly different results for women. Comparing areas with different societal and economic implications provides us with a more informed perspective about the extent of discrimination.

Keywords: Discrimination; Italy; Field experiments; Anti-semitism; Labor market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2023.102045

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