Collaboration, alphabetical order and gender discrimination: Evidence from the lab

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If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before choosing whom to hire, they receive information about the past scores of pairs, not of individuals. We vary the observability of individuals' abilities by ordering pair members either according to performance, or alphabetically by nickname. We find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of limited importance in the context of our study.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Memorandum ; No. 04/2019

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Labor Discrimination ; Relation of Economics to Social Values ; Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
• Thema: Discrimination ; Collaboration ; Alphabetic ; Gender

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike ; Brekke, Kjell Arne ; Nyborg, Karine
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (wo): Oslo
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202633
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ