Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector

Auer, Thorsten Fabian; Ekemen, Helin; Hagedorn, Carolin; Heise, Chantal; Rese, Christine

Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector

T.F. Auer, H. Ekemen, C. Hagedorn, C. Heise, C. Rese, Empirical Economics Letters 21 (2022) 47–55.

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Auer, Thorsten Fabian^LibreCat; Ekemen, Helin; Hagedorn, Carolin; Heise, Chantal; Rese, Christine

Department

Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften -> Department 1: Management
Organizational Behavior

Abstract

Regulations to prevent ethnic discrimination in accessing the labor market are implemented most thoroughly in the public sector. However, it remains to be assessed if these regulations are internalized. We conducted a field experiment to examine ethnic discrimination when applying for internships in German municipalities by unsolicited inquiries. We compared responses in German cities to Turkish, Italian, and German applicants in two periods, and find consistent disadvantages for the Turkish and Italian applicants as well as differences related to gender. Thus, the likelihood for ethnic discrimination rises when applying for positions in public institutions that are not subject to regulations.

Keywords

Ethnic Discrimination; Public Sector; Field Experiment; Application Procedure

Publishing Year

2022

Journal Title

Empirical Economics Letters

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47-55

ISSN

1681 8997

LibreCat-ID

34154

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Auer TF, Ekemen H, Hagedorn C, Heise C, Rese C. Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector. Empirical Economics Letters. 2022;21(7):47-55.

Auer, T. F., Ekemen, H., Hagedorn, C., Heise, C., & Rese, C. (2022). Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector. Empirical Economics Letters, 21(7), 47–55.

@article{Auer_Ekemen_Hagedorn_Heise_Rese_2022, title={Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector}, volume={21}, number={7}, journal={Empirical Economics Letters}, author={Auer, Thorsten Fabian and Ekemen, Helin and Hagedorn, Carolin and Heise, Chantal and Rese, Christine}, year={2022}, pages={47–55} }

Auer, Thorsten Fabian, Helin Ekemen, Carolin Hagedorn, Chantal Heise, and Christine Rese. “Same Different but Not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector.” Empirical Economics Letters 21, no. 7 (2022): 47–55.

T. F. Auer, H. Ekemen, C. Hagedorn, C. Heise, and C. Rese, “Same Different but not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector,” Empirical Economics Letters, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 47–55, 2022.

Auer, Thorsten Fabian, et al. “Same Different but Not Same Same: Ethnic Discrimination in Application Procedures in the German Public Sector.” Empirical Economics Letters, vol. 21, no. 7, 2022, pp. 47–55.

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