Labor market discrimination in Delhi: Evidence from a field experiment

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-27

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a   Bertrand, Marianne ^b   Datta, Saugato ^c   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Discrimination; Field experiment; Hiring; India; Resume audit

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249130024     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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