ArticlePloS one2019
Can immigrants counteract employer discrimination? A factorial field experiment reveals the immutability of ethnic hierarchies.
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- Does the Name Still Matter? A Longitudinal Correspondence Study of Hiring Discrimination by Ethnicity and Gender in a Nordic Labour Market.Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2026Article
- Does the size of foreign population in a city affect the level of labour-market discrimination against job applicants of migrant origin?Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2022Article
- Chewing Revenge or Becoming Socially Desirable? Anger Rumination in Refugees and Immigrants Experiencing Racial Hostility: Latin-Americans in Spain.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Characterizing Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: Educational Level and Length of Stay as Individual Difference Factors That Impact Academic Self-Efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Firing discrimination: Selective labor market responses of firms during the COVID-19 economic crisis.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
How pervasive is labor market discrimination against immigrants and what options do policymakers and migrants have to reduce it? To answer these questions, we conducted a field experiment on employer discrimination in Sweden. Going beyond existing work, we test for a large range of applicant characteristics using a factorial design. We examine whether migrants can affect their employment chances-by adopting citizenship, acquiring work experience, or signaling religious practice-or whether fixed traits such as country of birth or gender are more consequential. We find little systematic evidence that immigrants can do much to reduce discrimination. Rather, ethnic hierarchies are critical: callback rates decline precipitously with the degree of ethno-cultural distance, leaving Iraqis and Somalis, especially if they are male, with much reduced employment chances. These findings highlight that immigrants have few tools at their disposal to escape ethnic penalties and that efforts to reduce discrimination must address employer prejudice.
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