Arbeitspapier
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
We investigate risk aversion as a driver of labour market discrimination against homosexual men. We show that more hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which experimental employers make a hiring decision concerning a heterosexual or homosexual job candidate. In addition, participants are surveyed on their risk aversion and other characteristics that might correlate with this risk aversion. Analysis of the (post-)experimental data confirms our hypothesis. The probability of a beneficial hiring decision for homosexual candidates decreases by 31.7% when employers are a standard deviation more risk-averse.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 2
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Discrimination
- Thema
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Hiring discrimination
statistical discrimination
sexual orientation
scenario experiment
risk aversion
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Baert, Stijn
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Global Labor Organization (GLO)
- (wo)
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Maastricht
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Baert, Stijn
- Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Entstanden
- 2017
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