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Hiring Discrimination in the Organisational Context: A Harmonized Factorial Survey Dataset from Four European Countries (Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania).

Dominik Buttler, Christian Imdorf, Vegar Bjørnshagen, Anatolie Cosciug, Katarzyna Lipowska, Iga Magda, Marta Palczyńska, Mateusz Smoter, Sara Ayllón, Justyna Bell and 8 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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18 authors.

Dominik ButtlerDepartment of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland. dominik.buttler@ue.poznan.pl.
Christian ImdorfInstitute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. c.imdorf@ish.uni-hannover.de.
Vegar BjørnshagenOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway.
Anatolie CosciugWest University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Katarzyna LipowskaInstitute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Iga MagdaInstitute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Marta PalczyńskaInstitute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Mateusz SmoterInstitute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Sara AyllónDepartment of Economics, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
Justyna BellOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway.
Mateusz KrząkałaInstitute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland.
Iuliana PrecupetuResearch Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Rosa Maria RadognaResearch Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Jon RogstadOsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway.
Robin SamuelDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Laura TufaResearch Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Ona VallsDepartment of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Nick WesselInstitute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme 101094626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hiring discrimination has been extensively documented in numerous studies. It is not driven solely by individual actions but is context-dependent, shaped - among other factors - by organisational features that enable or constrain discriminatory behaviour. However, little is known about why some organisations, such as companies or public agencies, discriminate more than others. This data descriptor presents the dataset from a harmonised factorial survey experiment (FSE) on hiring discrimination, which enabled detailed analyses of discriminatory behaviour and the organisational contexts that shape it. The FSE measured discrimination based on nationality, gender and care obligations and was conducted between 2024 and 2025 in four European countries-Germany, Norway, Poland and Romania-among 2,506 recruiters. The dataset includes 15,036 evaluations of hypothetical job candidates for medium-skilled positions, complemented by extensive information on recruiters and the organisations they represent.

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Personnel SelectionGermanyHumansNorwayPolandRomaniaSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID41998036
PMCPMC13272638

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