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Anticipated labour market discrimination and educational achievement

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  • Andy Dickerson

    (Department of Economics and Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Str, Sheffield S1 4DT, UK)

  • Anita Ratcliffe

    (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Str, Sheffield S1 4DT, UK)

  • Bertha Rohenkohl

    (Institute for the Future of Work and Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield)

  • Nicolas Van de Sijpe

    (Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, 9 Mappin Str, Sheffield S1 4DT, UK)

Abstract

Some theories suggest that students who anticipate discrimination in the labour market may invest more in easily observable human capital like education, to signal their productivity to employers and reduce the scope for statistical discrimination. Empirical research on this issue has been hampered, however, by a lack of direct information on anticipated labour market treatment. We use data from a unique longitudinal survey of young people in England to link student expectations of facing discrimination in the labour market to subsequent performance in high-stakes exams. Our findings suggest that the anticipation of labour market discrimination is associated with better exam performance, consistent with the view that students are seeking to counteract potential future penalties.

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  • Andy Dickerson & Anita Ratcliffe & Bertha Rohenkohl & Nicolas Van de Sijpe, 2022. "Anticipated labour market discrimination and educational achievement," Working Papers 2022017, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:shf:wpaper:2022017
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    Keywords

    Anticipated discrimination; human capital investment; ethnic minorities; high-stakes exams;
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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