Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting
This paper collects a unique data set of classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector. Consistent with a tournament models in which immigrants are penalized, the analysis finds that foreigners and natives benefit from being pooled with foreign job seekers. Next, the paper tests whether discrimination affects search behavior. Controlling for location fixed effects, the analysis finds suggestive evidence for sorting: immigrants search further away and higher discrimination in the residential area is positively correlated with the decision to search in different suburbs.
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| Subjects: | LABOR MARKET, HIRING DISCRIMINATION, IMMIGRANTS, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, |
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dig-okr-10986283572024-12-18T06:19:31Z Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting Evidence from South Africa Abel, Martin LABOR MARKET HIRING DISCRIMINATION IMMIGRANTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT This paper collects a unique data set of classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector. Consistent with a tournament models in which immigrants are penalized, the analysis finds that foreigners and natives benefit from being pooled with foreign job seekers. Next, the paper tests whether discrimination affects search behavior. Controlling for location fixed effects, the analysis finds suggestive evidence for sorting: immigrants search further away and higher discrimination in the residential area is positively correlated with the decision to search in different suburbs. 2017-09-21T16:59:56Z 2017-09-21T16:59:56Z 2017-09 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668801504712927279/Labor-market-discrimination-and-sorting-evidence-from-South-Africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28357 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8180 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC |
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This paper collects a unique data set of
classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the
applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination
against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector.
Consistent with a tournament models in which immigrants are
penalized, the analysis finds that foreigners and natives
benefit from being pooled with foreign job seekers. Next,
the paper tests whether discrimination affects search
behavior. Controlling for location fixed effects, the
analysis finds suggestive evidence for sorting: immigrants
search further away and higher discrimination in the
residential area is positively correlated with the decision
to search in different suburbs. |
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LABOR MARKET HIRING DISCRIMINATION IMMIGRANTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT |
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Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting |
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