Race and gender effects on employer interest in job applicants: new evidence from a resume field experiment

Darolia, Rajeev; Koedel, Cory; Martorell, Paco; Wilson, Katie; Pérez‐Arce, Francisco

doi:10.1080/13504851.2015.1114571

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“…Despite conducting the three correspondence audits during similar time periods with similar research questions and across many of the same cities, the findings regarding racial discrimination were quite different. Each chose different names to signal race, with one going the unique route of using generic or "white" first names coupled with "black" last names to signal a black applicant and found no evidence of racial discrimination (Darolia et al 2016). Although other differences between these studies exist, the possibility that the racial signal from names might influence correspondence audit outcomes warrants further investigation.…”

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“…Differences in racial perceptions from names might explain differences in outcomes within and between correspondence audits. A recent trio of correspondence audits highlights this possibility (Darolia et al 2016;Deming et al 2016;Gaddis 2016). Three sets of researchers separately examined the effects of for-profit versus not-for-profit educational credentials in the labor market for black and white job candidates.…”

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How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

Gaddis¹

2017

SocScience

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Abstract:Online correspondence audit studies have emerged as the primary method to examine racial discrimination. Although audits use distinctive names to signal race, few studies scientifically examine data regarding the perception of race from names. Different names treated as black or white may be perceived in heterogeneous ways. I conduct a survey experiment that asks respondents to identify the race they associate with a series of names. I alter the first names given to each respondent and inclusion of last names. Names more commonly given by highly educated black mothers (e.g., Jalen and Nia) are less likely to be perceived as black than names given by less educated black mothers (e.g., DaShawn and Tanisha). The results suggest that a large body of social science evidence on racial discrimination operates under a misguided assumption that all black names are alike, and the findings from correspondence audits are likely sensitive to name selection.

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How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

Gaddis¹

2017

SocScience

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“…Washington and Kelly also exemplify a common error, henceforth dubbed the "glass box" fallacy, which is inferring the specific character of cognitive information processing mechanisms on the basis of crude behavioral measures (which is to say they treat a "black box" as if its inner workings were transparent). They also overlook disconfirming evidence, such as a similarly run correlational study, which found no bias in hiring with respect to race [105]. 21 And as we have seen they are not unusual in this respect.…”

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Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, and Political Correctness in Philosophy

Hermanson

2017

Philosophies

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This paper offers an unorthodox appraisal of empirical research bearing on the question of the low representation of women in philosophy. It contends that fashionable views in the profession concerning implicit bias and stereotype threat are weakly supported, that philosophers often fail to report the empirical work responsibly, and that the standards for evidence are set very low-so long as you take a certain viewpoint.

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“…A recent trio of correspondence audits highlights this possibility (Deming et al 2016;Darolia et al 2016;Gaddis 2016). Three sets of researchers separately examined the effects of for-profit vs. not-for-profit educational credentials in the labor market for black and white job candidates.…”

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How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

Gaddis

2017

SSRN Journal

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Online correspondence audit studies have emerged as the primary method to examine racial discrimination. Although audits use distinctive names to signal race, few studies scientifically examine data regarding the perception of race from names. Different names treated as black or white may be perceived in heterogeneous ways. I conduct a survey experiment that asks respondents to identify the race they associate with a series of names. I alter the first names given to each respondent and inclusion of last names. Names more commonly given by highly educated black mothers (e.g., Jalen and Nia) are less likely to be perceived as black than names given by less educated black mothers (e.g., DaShawn and Tanisha). The results suggest that a large body of social science evidence on racial discrimination operates under a misguided assumption that all black names are alike and the findings from correspondence audits are likely sensitive to name selection.

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Race and gender effects on employer interest in job applicants: new evidence from a resume field experiment

Cited by 64 publications

References 14 publications

How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, and Political Correctness in Philosophy

How Black Are Lakisha and Jamal? Racial Perceptions from Names Used in Correspondence Audit Studies

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