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 of Labor Economics (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: occupational segregation; field experiments; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D63 J4 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2004-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-exp, nep-lab, nep-lam, nep-mic and nep-ure
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Published - published as 'Detecting Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring through Monitoring Intermediation Services: The Case of Selected Occupations in Metropolitan Lima, Peru ' in: World Development, 2012, 40 (2), 315-328.

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