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(Non-) discriminatjon in online and fjeld experiments Didier Ruedin University of the Witwatersrand & University of Neuchtel Workshop on Discriminatjon Neuchtel, 23 March 2017 image: jazbeck on fmickr Partjcipants evaluate one job


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(Non-) discriminatjon in online and fjeld experiments

Didier Ruedin

University of the Witwatersrand & University of Neuchâtel Workshop on Discriminatjon Neuchâtel, 23 March 2017

image: jazbeck on fmickr

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Partjcipants evaluate one job candidate

Imagine you are responsible for hiring employees in a large enterprise. You are hiring a receptjonist, with the following requirements :

  • focus on customer relatjons
  • pleasant and friendly personality with good

communicatjon skills

  • dynamic, versatjle, capable to deal with new

informatjon

  • resistant to stress, ability to cope with

pressure when faced with unexpected problems

  • good management skills and well-organized

You are considering the following CV:

  • Ervin Beqiri
  • 11.05.1992
  • Swiss natjonality
  • mother tongue French
  • good knowledge of English and German
  • driving licence category B1
  • good IT skills
  • lives in Boudry (NE)
  • I will invite this candidate for a fjrst

interview.

  • I think that I will engage this person.
  • As an employer, I will enjoy working with this

candidate.

  • My co-workers will enjoy working with this

candidate.

  • My customers will enjoy working with this

candidate.

  • This person has the right skills for this job.
  • The profjle of this candidate matches the

requirements of the labour market.

  • By engaging this person, I will take a risk.
  • This candidate will ofuen be on sick leave.

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I manipulated skills of the job and ‘origin’ of the candidate

Job

Skill Name Natjonality receptjonist low François Meylan, Martjn Baumgartner Swiss receptjonist low Dalmat/Ervin Bequiri Swiss director of sales high François Meylan, Martjn Baumgartner Swiss director of sales high Dalmat/Ervin Bequiri Swiss

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Manipulatjon check and placebo OK

the candidate is a woman the candidate is of Swiss origin the candidate lives in the canton of [Neuchâtel]

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No evidence of discriminatjon

Dalmat François Ervin François

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No difgerence between skill levels

Dalmat François Ervin François

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In meta-analysis low-skilled jobs have higher discriminatjon rates

meta-analysis

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In summary, patuerns of discriminatjon are probably equivalent in high/low skilled jobs

similar responses in two experiments do I capture antjcipatjon of ‘appropriate’ answers?