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- Title
Experimental Evidence of Discrimination in the Hiring of First- and Second-generation Immigrants.
- Authors
Carlsson, Magnus
- Abstract
Previous field experiments that study ethnic discrimination in the labour market are extended in this paper, which outlines a study comparing discrimination of first- and second-generation immigrants. Qualitatively identical resumes, belonging to first- and second-generation immigrants from the Middle East, were sent to employers in Sweden that had advertised for labour. The findings suggest, somewhat unexpectedly, that first- and second-generation immigrants have essentially the same probability of being invited to a job interview, which in turn is significantly lower than the probability of invitation to interview for natives.
- Subjects
MIDDLE East; SWEDEN; EMPLOYMENT discrimination; IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYEE recruitment; EMPLOYEE selection; LABOR market; JOB hunting; EMPLOYMENT interviewing
- Publication
LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics & Industrial Relations, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 3, p263
- ISSN
1121-7081
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00482.x