scholarly journals Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

10.3386/w9873 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Bertrand ◽  
Sendhil Mullainathan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Labor Market Discrimination

scholarly journals Labor market discrimination in Delhi: Evidence from a field experiment

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhijit Banerjee ◽  
Marianne Bertrand ◽  
Saugato Datta ◽  
Sendhil Mullainathan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Labor Market Discrimination

scholarly journals Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 991-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Bertrand ◽  
Sendhil Mullainathan
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Differential Treatment ◽  
Labor Market Discrimination ◽  
Racial Gap ◽  
The U.S

We study race in the labor market by sending fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perceived race, resumes are randomly assigned African-American- or White-sounding names. White names receive 50 percent more callbacks for interviews. Callbacks are also more responsive to resume quality for White names than for African-American ones. The racial gap is uniform across occupation, industry, and employer size. We also find little evidence that employers are inferring social class from the names. Differential treatment by race still appears to still be prominent in the U.S. labor market.

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