Statistical discrimination or prejudice? A large sample field experiment

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-134

  Ewens, Michael ^a   Tomlin, Bryan ^b   Wang, Liang Choon ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84896342029     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00365     Document Type: Article

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