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Discerning Discrimination: Does Interviewing Firms Make a Difference?

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Phillip Nelson (SUNY, Binghamton)
Solomon W. Polachek (SUNY, Binghamton)

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This paper examines the problems generated by three firm-based analyses of discrimination. Besides the detailed difficulties associated with each of these studies, a common failing is ignoring worker behavior, an error that can cause considerable bias in estimating discrimination.

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Volume (Year): 21 (1995)
Issue (Month): 3 (Summer)
Pages: 393-398
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Keywords: Bias; Discrimination;

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J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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  1. Peter Riach & Judith Rich, 2006. "An Experimental Investigation of Sexual Discrimination in Hiring in the English Labor Market," Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 6(2), pages 1416-1416. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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