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Does persistence pay off? Accessing social activities with a foreign-sounding name

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  • Helmut M. Dietl
  • Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez
  • Paolo Moretti
  • Cornel Nesseler

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In this paper, we examine if a slight behavioural modification has an influence on discrimination. Specifically, we use a field experiment based on emails to observe if persistence increases the chances of joining a social group. We find that native- or foreign-sounding names are equally successful when being persistent. However, non-persistent individuals with foreign-sounding names suffer from discrimination. The results show that persistent individuals can be especially interesting in the context of field experiments.

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  • Helmut M. Dietl & Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez & Paolo Moretti & Cornel Nesseler, 2021. "Does persistence pay off? Accessing social activities with a foreign-sounding name," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(10), pages 881-885, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:28:y:2021:i:10:p:881-885
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1784381
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    1. Rasmus K. Storm & Cornel Nesseler & Marthe Holum & Andreas Nygaard & Tor Georg Jakobsen, 2023. "Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez & Cornel Nesseler & Helmut M. Dietl, 2021. "Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-8, December.

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