Experimental evidence of discrimination in the hiring of first- and second-generation immigrants

Labour

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-278

  Carlsson, Magnus ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; NATIONAL IDENTITY; PROBABILITY; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955719265     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00482.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Ahmed A. Essays on the Behavioral Economics of Discrimination. 2005, PhD Thesis, Växjö: Växjö University Press
2. Ahmed A, Hammarstedt M. Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market: A Field Experiment on the Internet. Journal of Urban Economics 2008, 64(2):362-372.
3. Arai M, Vilhelmsson R. Unemployment-risk Differentials between Immigrant and Native Workers in Sweden. Industrial Relations 2004, 43(3):690-698.
4. Arrow K J. The Theory of Discrimination. Discrimination in Labor Markets 1973, 3-42. Ashenfelter ORees A. eds., Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press
5. Åslund O, Nordström Skans O. Do Anonymous Job Application Procedures Level the Playing Field? 2007, Working Paper 2007:31, The Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala, Sweden
6. Becker G S. The Economics of Discrimination 1957, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press
7. Bertrand M, Mullainathan S. Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. American Economic Review 2004, 94(4):991-1013.
8. Bursell M. What's in a Name? A Field Experiment Test for the Existence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Hiring Process. 2007, Working Paper 2007:7, Linnaeus Center for Integration Studies (SULCIS), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
9. Carlsson M. Essays on Discrimination in Hiring. 2009, PhD Thesis, Växjö: Växjö University Press
10. Carlsson M, Rooth D-O. Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data. Labour Economics 2007, 14(4):716-729.
11. Eriksson S, Lagerström J. Detecting Discrimination in the Hiring Process: Evidence From an Internet-based Search Channel. 2007, Working Paper 2007:29, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
12. Holm H J. What's in a Name? - An Ethnical Discrimination Experiment. 2000, Working Paper 2000:3, Department of Economics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
13. Lange A. Diskriminering, Integration och Etniska Relationer 2000, Norrköping, Integrationsverket
14. Le Grand C, Szulkin R. Permanent Disadvantage or Gradual Integration: Explaining the Immigrant-Native Earnings Gap in Sweden. Labour 2002, 16(1):37-64.
15. Phelps E. The Statistical Theory of Racism and Sexism. American Economic Review 1972, 62(4):659-661.
16. Riach P, Rich J. Field Experiments of Discrimination in the Market Place. The Economic Journal 2002, 112:480-518.
17. Rooth D-O. Adopted Children in the Labour Market - Discrimination or Unobserved Characteristics? International Migration 2002, 40(1):71-98.
18. Statistics Sweden's Name Register. 2007a, http://www.scb.se/, Statistics Sweden, January, retrieved from
19. Statistics Sweden's Occupational Register. 2007b, http://www.scb.se/, Statistics Sweden, January, retrieved from
20. Var Finns Jobben 2007? Ura. 2007, Swedish Employment Agency, 2007:1, Stockholm: Swedish Employment Agency
21. En Rapport om Allmänhetens Attityder, Erfarenheter och Kunskaper Inom Områdena Integration, Mångfald och Diskriminering: Integrationsverkets Rapportserie. 2005, Swedish Integration Board, 2006:05, Norrköping: Swedish Integration Board
22. Wooldridge W. Econometric Analysis of Cross-section and Panel Data 2002, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press