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

The Persistence of Racial Discrimination: A Meta-Analysis of Field Experiments in Hiring

Measuring trends in discrimination with field experiment data.

The passage of major civil rights legislation was accompanied by a large improvement in the economic circumstances of African-Americans (1), and the public consensus against discrimination has grown over time (2). However, the significant postwar progress of African-Americans appears to have slowed or even stagnated over the last several decades (3, 4). The slowing progress of African-Americans...

Representation of Racial Identity in Elementary and High Schools History Textbooks during the First Pahlavi Era

From the constructivism point of view, identity as a meaningful factor is not a constant matter but is current and variable. Essential components of identity also change and transform over time. Education is one of the most important institutions in which governments tend to inspire their intended identity towards society. The most important nationalistic components of Pahlavi government were b...

Is There A Taste For Racial Discrimination Among Employers?

Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for racial discrimination in terms of hiring and firing. The setting allows us to eliminate co-worker, consu...

What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for racial discrimination in terms of hiring and firing. The setting allows us to eliminate co-worker, consu...