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Discrimination by Gender and Disability Status: Do Worker Perceptions Match Statistical Measures?

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  • Kevin F. Hallock
  • Wallace Hendricks
  • Emer Broadbent

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We explore whether perceptions of discrimination are related to ordinary statistical measures. The majority of disabled respondents report feeling some discrimination due to their disability, the majority of women feel some discrimination because of their gender, and a surprising number of men also report some discrimination. We do not find a strong link between perceptions of discrimination and measured discrimination perhaps because those who perceive discrimination feel that it occurs along other dimensions than pay. However, we do find a connection between whether a person feels his or her income is inadequate and measured discrimination for all groups studied.

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  • Kevin F. Hallock & Wallace Hendricks & Emer Broadbent, 1998. "Discrimination by Gender and Disability Status: Do Worker Perceptions Match Statistical Measures?," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 65(2), pages 245-263, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:65:y:1998:i:2:p:245-263
    DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.1998.tb00148.x
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