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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Année : 2017

Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time

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This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every available field experiment of hiring discrimination against African Americans or Latinos (n = 28). Together, these studies represent 55,842 applications submitted for 26,326 positions. We focus on trends since 1989 (n = 24 studies), when field experiments became more common and improved methodologically. Since 1989, whites receive on average 36% more callbacks than African Americans, and 24% more callbacks than Latinos. We observe no change in the level of hiring discrimination against African Americans over the past 25 years, although we find modest evidence of a decline in discrimination against Latinos. Accounting for applicant education, applicant gender, study method, occupational groups, and local labor market conditions does little to alter this result. Contrary to claims of declining discrimination in American society, our estimates suggest that levels of discrimination remain largely unchanged, at least at the point of hire.

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Sociologie
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hal-03937634 , version 1 (13-01-2023)

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Lincoln Quillian, Devah Pager, Ole Hexel, Arnfinn H Midtbøen. Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017, 114 (41), pp.10870-10875. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1706255114⟩. ⟨hal-03937634⟩
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