Bryson, Alex and Chevalier, Arnaud
(2014)
What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League.
NIESR Discussion Paper (427).
National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, UK.
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Abstract
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, consumer-based and statistical discrimination as potential sources of discrimination, thus isolating the effects of taste-based discrimination. We find no evidence of racial discrimination, either in initial hiring or through the season, in a context where employers are fully aware of current and prospective workers’ productivity.
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Monograph
(Discussion Paper)
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| Official URL: |
http://niesr.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: |
© 2014 The Authors, NIESR |
| Divisions: |
Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| JEL classification: |
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J7 - Labor Discrimination > J71 - Discrimination
M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M5 - Personnel Economics > M51 - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions (hiring, firing, turnover, part-time, temporary workers, seniority issues) |
| Date Deposited: |
03 Jun 2014 11:35 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Sep 2023 23:31 |
| Funders: |
Norwegian Research Council |
| URI: |
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/56945 |
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