Discrimination against Workers with Visible Tattoos: Experimental Evidence from Germany
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Keywords
labor market discrimination; field experiment; visible tattoo;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2018-11-19 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2018-11-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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