Arbeitspapier
Testing for Asymmetric Employer Learning and Statistical Discrimination
We test if firms statistically discriminate workers based on race when employer learning is asymmetric. Using data from the NLSY79, we find evidence of asymmetric employer learning. In addition, employers statistically discriminate against non-college educated black workers at time of hiring. We also find that employers directly observe most of the productivity of college graduates at hiring and learn very little over time about these workers.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 569
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Labor Discrimination
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- Subject
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statistical discrimination
employer learning
asymmetric learning
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ge, Suqin
Moro, Andrea
Zhu, Beibei
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Global Labor Organization (GLO)
- (where)
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Essen
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Ge, Suqin
- Moro, Andrea
- Zhu, Beibei
- Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Time of origin
- 2020
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