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Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring: A Pseudo Audit Study for Three Selected Occupations in Metropolitan Lima

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Hugo Nopo ()
Martin Moreno
Jaime Saavedra
Maximo Torero

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In this paper, we adapt the audit studies methodology to analyze gender and racial differences in hiring for a particular segment of the market of three selected occupations in Metropolitan Lima: salespersons, secretaries and (accounting and administrative) assistants. The adapted pseudo-audit study methodology allow us to reduce the room for existence of statistical discrimination. The results suggest the existence of no significant differences in hiring rates for different gender-race groups but some systematic (and significant) differences in the aimed wages of the individuals in their job search processes.

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Paper provided by Middlebury College, Department of Economics in its series Middlebury College Working Paper Series with number 0404.

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Date of creation: Apr 2004
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Keywords: field experiments; discrimination; occupational segregation;

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C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination

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  1. Alberto Chong & Hugo Ñopo, 2007. "Discrimination in Latin America: An Elephant in the Room?," RES Working Papers 4536, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  2. Dante Contreras & Daniela Zapata & Diana Kruger & Marcelo Ochoa, 2007. "The Role of Social Networks in the Economic Opportunities of Bolivian Women," RES Working Papers 3240, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  3. Dante Contreras & Daniela Zapata & Diana Kruger & Marcelo Ochoa, 2007. "El papel de las redes sociales en las oportunidades económicas de las mujeres de Bolivia," RES Working Papers 3241, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
  4. Patrinos, Harry Anthony & Skoufias, Emmanuel & Lunde, Trine, 2007. "Indigenous peoples in Latin America : economic opportunities and social networks," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4227, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  5. Alberto Chong & Hugo Ñopo, 2007. "Discriminación en América Latina: Eso que (casi) todos vemos? (Discrimination in Latin America: An Elephant in the Room?)," RES Working Papers 4537, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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