Ethnic discrimination in hiring, labour market tightness and the business cycle : evidence from field experiments

• Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labour market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labour market and two different measures of labour market tightness. These two measures produce qualitatively similar results, and, opposite to the observational studies, suggest that ethnic discrimination in hiring decreases in downturns of the economy.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Hiring discrimination

Ethnic discrimination

Labour market tightness

The business cycle

Correspondence studies

Field experiments

Ranking models

Screening models

Economics

Nationalekonomi

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