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March 18, 2021

Even those who are fair can discriminate

Systemic discrimination through the design of the recruitment process

  • discrimination
  • hiring
  • Dominique Meurs
  • Patrick A. Puhani
Research

November 24, 2020

Video resumes increase callback rates

People with visible disabilities benefit equally from this service

  • correspondence study
  • disability
  • discrimination
  • hiring
  • job application
  • video resume
  • Charles Bellemare
  • Guy Lacroix
  • Marion Goussé
  • Steeve Marchand
Research

September 24, 2020

What explains the unexplained gender pay gap?

Family choices affect pay differences between men and women

  • career
  • choice
  • discrimination
  • family
  • gender pay gap
  • Christian Bredemeier
  • Dorothée Averkamp
  • Falko Juessen
Research

February 28, 2020

Internships are more likely to be paid when local unemployment is low

Employers favor candidates with previous internship experience and white-sounding names

  • discrimination
  • internship
  • unemployment
  • work experience
  • David A. Jaeger
  • Eric J. Wilbrandt
  • John M. Nunley
  • Jr.
  • R. Alan Seals
Research

October 9, 2019

Do workers discriminate against female bosses?

Criticism has a much larger negative effect on both female and male workers’ attitudes if it comes from a female boss

  • discrimination
  • female leadership
  • gender bias
  • gig economy
  • job satisfaction
  • workplace
  • Martin Abel
Research

May 12, 2019

Discrimination in hiring based on presence of children or perceived “risk” of pregnancy

Married, childless women applying to part-time jobs have the lowest callback rates

  • childcare
  • discrimination
  • female labor force participation
  • fertility
  • gender
  • hiring
  • job application
  • Ana Fernandes
  • Doris Weichselbaumer
  • Sascha O. Becker
Research

January 18, 2019

Revealing stereotypes to teachers can improve student outcomes

Immigrant students receive lower grades despite same performance as natives

  • discrimination
  • education
  • immigrantion
  • Italy
  • school
  • stereotype
  • teaching
  • Alberto Alesina
  • Eliana La Ferrara
  • Michela Carlana
  • Paolo Pinotti
Research

December 7, 2018

Blind hiring is curbing biased decisions — using algorithms and AI

A 'white' name can dramatically increase chances of being invited to a job interview

  • anonymous job applications
  • artificial intelligence
  • bias
  • blind hiring
  • discrimination
Research

November 19, 2018

Race-blind school admissions policy increases racial segregation

Rolling back integration efforts harms student outcomes

  • affirmative action
  • discrimination
  • education
  • magnet schools
  • racial segregation
  • schooling
  • student outcomes
  • United States
  • Jason Cook
Research

July 6, 2018

Job applicants under a vacancy referral scheme are viewed as less motivated

Experiment with professional recruiters in Belgium

  • active labor market policies
  • discrimination
  • employment agencies
  • experiment
  • interview
  • job application
  • job seekers
  • motivation
  • signaling
  • unemployment
  • vacancy
  • Eva Van Belle
  • Marijke De Couck
  • Ralf Caers
  • Stijn Baert
  • Valentina Di Stasio
Research

June 13, 2018

New evidence on ‘gay glass ceilings’ in top management

Study from the UK shows that sexual minories face barriers in accessing high-level management positions.

  • discrimination
  • gay
  • glass ceiling
  • homosexuality
  • lesbian
  • management
  • UK
  • workplace authority
  • Cevat Giray Aksoy
  • Christopher S. Carpenter
  • Jeff Frank
  • Matt L. Huffman
IZA News

May 17, 2018

The 2018 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Joseph Altonji

The Yale economist is honored for seminal contributions including his empirical work on statistical discrimination.

  • discrimination
  • family economics
  • IZA Prize
  • labor supply
  • Joseph Altonji
Research

January 17, 2018

What drives the gender pay gap?

The earnings differential between men and women is a recurring topic in academic research and policy debates. While the gender […]

  • age-earnings profile
  • career
  • discrimination
  • gender pay gap
  • gender wage gap
  • household division of labor
  • part-time work
  • productivity
  • sorting
  • wage inequality
  • willingness to compete
  • Claudia Olivetti
  • Erling Barth
  • Isabelle Sin
  • Kai Liu
  • Richard Fabling
  • Sari Pekkala Kerr
  • Steven Stillman
Research

December 1, 2017

Do boys benefit from male teachers in elementary school?

The scarcity of male teachers in schools has led to a debate on whether young boys require more male role models.

  • boys
  • discrimination
  • early tracking
  • education
  • elementary school
  • gender
  • Germany
  • school
  • teachers
  • Patrick A. Puhani
Research

September 18, 2017

Gender bias in teaching evaluations by economics students

In an ongoing heated debate on sexism in the economic profession, sparked by an analysis by Alice Wu of sexist […]

  • academia
  • discrimination
  • economics
  • gender bias
  • hiring
  • professor
  • promotion
  • teaching
  • tenure
  • women
  • Friederike Mengel
  • Jan Sauermann
  • Ulf Zölitz
Research

September 14, 2017

Transitioning across gender is related to greater life and job satisfaction

A new IZA World of Labor report finds that after transitioning, trans people experience better mental health, and greater life […]

  • discrimination
  • gender
  • job satisfaction
  • labor market outcomes
  • mental health
  • trans
  • Nick Drydakis
Research

September 20, 2016

Discrimination against female migrants wearing a headscarf

Germany is currently experiencing a high influx of Muslim migrants. Their labor market integration is a crucial policy goal. However, […]

  • callback
  • correspondence study
  • discrimination
  • field experiment
  • headscarf
  • hiring
  • job applications
  • Muslim
  • resume
  • Turkish
  • Doris Weichselbaumer
Research

August 5, 2016

Women’s chances in STEM fields better than often thought

One of the most common explanations why women are underrepresented in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]

  • academia
  • bias
  • discrimination
  • exam
  • France
  • hiring
  • Science
  • STEM
  • women
  • Annabelle Krause
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Melina Hillion
  • Thomas Breda
  • Ulf Rinne
Research

April 21, 2016

How to close the disability employment gap

Anti-discrimination legislation has been largely ineffective at improving the employment prospects of the disabled. A new report, just published by […]

  • disability
  • disadvantage
  • discrimination
  • employment
  • labor market
  • Melanie Jones
  • occupational health
  • Melanie Jones
Research

January 14, 2016

Employers will check you out! Facebook profile pictures affect hiring chances

What many have already suspected has now been scientifically proven: Employers are screening job candidates through Facebook. In fact, your […]

  • attractiveness
  • callback
  • discrimination
  • facebook
  • hiring
  • job applications
  • profile picture
  • resume
  • Lynn Decuypere
  • Stijn Baert
Research

August 20, 2015

African Americans discriminated against in access to U.S. local public services

Requests for information from local public services, like sheriffs’ offices, school districts and libraries, across the United States are less […]

  • African American
  • black
  • correspondence study
  • discrimination
  • ethnicity
  • public service
  • race
  • racial inequality
  • Corrado Giulietti
  • Michael Vlassopoulos
  • Mirco Tonin
Research

August 13, 2015

Color discrimination remains a big problem in the U.S. — Interview with new IZA JoLE Editor Joni Hersch

A year after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in Ferguson, the U.S. […]

  • African Americans
  • anti-discrimination laws
  • color discrimination
  • discrimination
  • equal treatment
  • immigration
  • pay penalty
  • police violence
  • race
  • sexual orientation discrimination
  • skin color
  • social mobility
  • Joni Hersch
Research

July 23, 2015

Inter-ethnic interaction shapes attitudes towards minorities

Hostile attitudes of majority members towards ethnic, racial or social minorities are of major concern for policymakers and researchers alike. […]

  • active labor market policy
  • discrimination
  • economic efficiency
  • Hostile attitudes
  • minorities
  • positive interactions
  • racial attitudes
  • James E. West
  • Mark Hoekstra
  • Scott E. Carrell
Research

March 10, 2015

The negative labor market outcomes of a Muslim minority: How policy can make a big difference

The labor market success of ethnic and religious minorities often lags behind the average population. Discrimination, segregation and cultural frictions […]

  • discrimination
  • education
  • employment
  • infrastructure
  • labor market outcomes
  • minority
  • Muslim
  • segregation
  • wages
  • Eran Yashiv
  • Nitsa Kasir
Research

December 16, 2014

Should you come out in the workplace and would your employer care?

According to a report by Nick Drydakis published by IZA World of Labor today, half of gay and lesbian employees […]

  • discrimination
  • gay
  • happiness
  • harassment
  • IZA World of Labor
  • lesbian
  • satisfaction
  • sexual orientation
  • UK
  • well-being
  • workplace
  • Nick Drydakis
Research

June 6, 2014

What determines racist attitudes in Germany

Although the end of World War II is not even seventy years ago, one out of five Germans thinks that […]

  • discrimination
  • economic perspective
  • education
  • Germany
  • prejudice
  • racism
  • Christian Raschke
  • Naci Mocan
Research

April 30, 2014

Roma face blatant discrimination in Europe – IZA Director calls for better integration

The German government is planning to pass new legal provisions for asylum seekers. This would also facilitate the deportation of […]

  • discrimination
  • Eastern Europe
  • ethnic minority
  • Europe
  • integration
  • migration
  • Roma
  • Amelie F. Constant
  • Anzelika Zaiceva
  • Klaus F. Zimmermann
  • Martin Kahanec
Research

October 4, 2013

Firms with female CEOs exhibit a more stable performance

Do female-led firms perform differently than male-led ones? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Pierpaolo Parrotta and Nina Smith investigates […]

  • CEO
  • discrimination
  • female leadership
  • firm performance
  • gender inequality
  • leadership
  • volatility
  • Nina Smith
  • Pierpaolo Parrotta
Videos

September 25, 2013

Ulf Rinne on the merits of anonymous job applications

In the latest IZA interview, Ulf Rinne, Deputy Director of Research at IZA, talks about the merits and problems of […]

  • affirmative action
  • anonymous job applications
  • discrimination
  • employers
  • firms
  • hiring
  • minority
  • policy tool
  • Ulf Rinne
Research

September 13, 2013

Men earn more because they negotiate better

Women have been found to do worse when it comes to negotiating their salaries: first, because they renegotiate less, and, […]

  • discrimination
  • gender pay gap
  • gender wage gap
  • Portugal
  • wage
  • wage bargaining
  • wage premium
  • Ana Rute Cardoso
  • David Card
  • Patrick Kline
Research

July 15, 2013

Munich discriminates against lesbians, Berlin does not

Are lesbians subject to labor market discrimination? And can they avoid discrimination by adopting a more conventional lifestyle such as […]

  • applications
  • discrimination
  • field experiment
  • labor market discrimination
  • same-sex marriage
  • sexual orientation
  • Doris Weichselbaumer
Research

June 24, 2013

Do people discriminate others or favor their ownkind?

Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]

  • class room
  • discrimination
  • favoritism
  • field experiment
  • grading
  • labor market
  • Maastricht University
  • Netherlands
  • university
  • Daniel S. Hamermesh
  • Jan Feld
  • Nicolas Salamanca
Research

April 26, 2013

Blacks are still less happy than whites in the United States

In the United States the well-being of blacks is still below the well-being of whites. This has been shown by […]

  • civil rights
  • discrimination
  • labor market
  • prejudice
  • racial discrimination
  • subjetive well-being
  • United States
  • Betsey Stevenson
  • Justin Wolfers
Videos

April 16, 2013

Former IZA Research Director and IZA Research Fellow Daniel S. Hamermesh talks about topical economic issues in the latest IZA […]

  • austerity
  • debt crisis
  • discrimination
  • Europe
  • Eurozone
  • federal budget
  • Germany
  • minimum wage
  • sequestration
  • Daniel S. Hamermesh
Research

April 12, 2013

Do family-friendly policies hamper women’s careers?

Over the past 20 years, female labor participation in the U.S. has decreased remarkably relative to other Western countries: In […]

  • discrimination
  • family policy
  • female employment
  • labor supply
  • parental leave
  • part-time work
  • Francine D. Blau
  • Lawrence M. Kahn
Research

April 3, 2013

It matters if you’re black or white – on Australian buses!

Almost 60 years after the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott triggered by black civil rights activist Rosa Parks, a new IZA […]

  • discrimination
  • natural field experiment
  • racial bias
  • Paul Frijters
  • Redzo Mujcic

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