Employment discrimination in upscale restaurants: Evidence from matched pair testing

Social Science Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 802-818

  Bendick, Marc ^a   Rodriguez, Rekha Eanni ^b   Jayaraman, Sarumathi ^c,d  

^a Bendick Egan Economic Consult Inc   (United States)

^b Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Restaurant Opportunity Center United   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Employment; Immigrants; Race; Restaurant industry; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957166146     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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