Does persistence pay off? Accessing social activities with a foreign-sounding name

Dietl, Helmut; Gómez-González, Carlos; Moretti, Paolo; Nesseler, Cornel

doi:10.1080/13504851.2020.1784381

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“…Raising awareness is important to reduce biases against minority groups (Pope et al, 2018), but research should examine the influence of additional factors; for example, slight modifications in individual behavior such as being persistent (Dietl et al, 2020). Information nudges-effective in improving the access of minority groups to social benefits (Hotard et al, 2019)-may be a feasible way to reduce ethnic discrimination in amateur sports.…”

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Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport

Gómez-González

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Dietl

2021

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Societies are increasingly multicultural and diverse, consisting of members who migrated from various other countries. However, immigrants and ethnic minorities often face discrimination in the form of fewer opportunities for labor and housing, as well as limitations on interactions in other social domains. Using mock email accounts with typical native-sounding and foreign-sounding names, we contacted 23,020 amateur football clubs in 22 European countries, asking to participate in a training session. Response rates differed across countries and were, on average, about 10% lower for foreign-sounding names. The present field experiment reveals discrimination against ethnic minority groups, uncovering organizational deficiencies in a system trusted to foster social interactions.

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Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport

Gómez-González

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Dietl

2021

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…Dietl et al. [2] replicate the study of [1] . However, they contact a subsample of the amateur soccer clubs that did not respond to the first email again.…”

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“…However, still not all studies had the information for the same variables. For example, the data for the original unmodified Response is not available for [2] . Additionally, this data is missing for a few countries in [3] (see footnote for Table 1 ).…”

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“…(2020) Response * Integer Response of the club. The response can either be negative, positive, or positive with further inquiries Sender Categorical Name (country) of the sender SimpleResponse Integer Variable Response simplified into negative or positive SoccerRegion ⁎⁎ Categorical Region as defined by soccer federations/leagues StudyYear Numeric Year in which the study was published Study Numeric Unique number for each study SwissFrenchNames Categorical Name of the sender was Swiss-French SwissGermanNames Categorical Name of the sender was Swiss-German SwissItalianNames Categorical Name of the sender was Swiss-Italian ⁎ This data is not available for Hungary, England, Portugal, Romania, and the experiment [2] . ⁎⁎ This data is not available for [2] .…”

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“…All experiment received an ethical approval from the University of Zurich. [1] had the approval date 14.07.2017 (no IRB number available), [2] had the IRB #2019-053, and [3] had the IRB #2019–006.…”

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Dataset for field experiments analyzing discrimination in amateur soccer

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This paper presents data of field experiments that analyze discrimination in amateur soccer. The studies created fake accounts and asked amateur soccer coaches to come for a trial practice. The fake accounts had either a native- or a foreign-sounding name. The dataset is based on three published studies that analyzed discrimination in 23 countries. The dataset contains 24,915 observations and several variables that are interesting for further research. This data can be used to compare discrimination in amateur soccer with discrimination in diverse fields, such as migration, economics, or political science. For a more detailed discussion, please see the published articles.

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Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer

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In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination using sport as a laboratory. Applying a field experiment in the three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—we test whether foreign female minority groups experience greater rejection rates when seeking inclusion in amateur soccer clubs. Soccer coaches were contacted by e-mail using native and foreign-sounding names from selected groups, requesting to participate in trial practice. Previous findings show persistent discrimination of foreign minority groups in the labour market, and recent work suggests that discrimination also occurs in the context of soccer. Our findings from Scandinavia show that Sweden is the only country that shows statistically significant signs of discriminatory patterns, and the probability of experiencing discrimination increases with cultural distance. However, cultural distance appears to have no influence in Norway and Denmark. We further investigate whether male or female coaches demonstrate different discriminatory behaviour when being contacted, but our analysis shows almost no gender differences. Findings suggest that how men and women differ in their discriminatory behaviour is context specific. The differences identified across nations and previous studies are discussed to better understand the mechanisms of discrimination.

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Does persistence pay off? Accessing social activities with a foreign-sounding name

Cited by 5 publications

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Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport

Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport

Dataset for field experiments analyzing discrimination in amateur soccer

Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer

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