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Using Footballers to Capture the Dynamics of Discrimination
Didier Ruedin, University of Neuchâtel, didier.ruedin@unine.ch & Daniel Auer, WZB IMISCOE, Barcelona, 3 July 2018
SLIDE 2 Hiring situations are about uncertainty
- nly some information revealed (CV, cover letter)
limited objective measures can lead to statistical discrimination ∴ brain waste
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Conjoint experiments may be too obvious
direct comparison highlights what we test response bias imagining a hiring sitation = realistic, = familiar
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Football to bring it closer to respondents
Figure 1:
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Expectations
rating = selection ∴ less discrimination picking selection ∴ more discrimination it depends on who else is there
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Ratings: question
Figure 2:
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Some preference for White footballers
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Pairs: question
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Preference for White and Western footballers
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New talents: question
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Composition of teams unclear
respondents often identify weakest player no clear difference in using a Black or White new talent no clear difference in replacing Black or White players
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Preference for White and Western players
Evidence of discrimination ⇓ Team composition does not seem to matter that much