Self-assessed versus statistical evidence of labour market discrimination

Alan Duncan, Astghik Mavisakalyan () and Yashar Taverdi ()
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Yashar Taverdi: Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre, Curtin University

No WP1602, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School

Abstract: We assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians' perceptions of discrimination in the labour market. We find that statistical measures are largely unrelated to discrimination reports among males and negatively related to discrimination reports amoung females.

Keywords: racial discrimination; employment; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J21 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2016-05
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