Racial discrimination in the lab: Evidence of statistical and taste-based discrimination

Wozniak, David; MacNeill, Timothy

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2020.101512

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“…First were firms to replace all people who use substances or have an SUD; they would be excluding or replacing 21% of the current workforce according to our weighted estimate. Clearly, by excluding 21% of the current workforce, employers would be routinely overlooking highly skilled and talented labor, which would likely limit long-term productivity and success, similar to systematic discrimination in all hiring practices 14,28–30 . Further, a large cost that we are unable to capture in this analysis is the cost of employee turnover.…”

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“…Clearly, by excluding 21% of the current workforce, employers would be routinely overlooking highly skilled and talented labor, which would likely limit long-term productivity and success, similar to systematic discrimination in all hiring practices. 14,[28][29][30] Further, a large cost that we are unable to capture in this analysis is the cost of employee turnover. Prior studies indicate that this cost is substantial and consists not only of advertising dollars, but also lost productivity (and potentially quality) resulting from the time spent by (a) others in searching for and training a replacement, conducting exit interviews, and so on; (b) the departing employee in preparing to leave; (c) the new employee in getting comfortable with required tasks in a new setting; and (d ) miscellaneous costs, including severance pay, certifications, uniforms, and so on.…”

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Estimating Absenteeism Related to Nonalcohol Substance Use in a US National Cohort of Full-Time Employees

Morgan

Murphy

Assoumou

et al. 2022

J Occup Environ Med

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Objective: We aimed to estimate absenteeism due to substance use disorder among full-time employees. Methods: We used the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to identify a sample of individuals employed full time. We used a survey-weighted multivariable negative binomial model to evaluate the association between absenteeism and type of substance use disorder controlling for available demographic information. Results: In the adjusted model, we estimated that opioid use without a disorder had the highest absenteeism for use, and polysubstance use disorder had the highest absenteeism among use disorders. In a hypothetical firm of 10,000 employees, we estimate $232,000 of lost wage value annually. Conclusions: Substance use is associated with absenteeism and presents a compelling argument for employers to promote programs that support treatment for employees and reduce downstream costs associated with absenteeism and turnover.

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Estimating Absenteeism Related to Nonalcohol Substance Use in a US National Cohort of Full-Time Employees

Morgan

Murphy

Assoumou

et al. 2022

J Occup Environ Med

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“…This type of discrimination may be reduced by providing better information about the unobserved characteristics of other users. This more accurate and more specific information decreases the informativeness of more diffuse demographic information and may therefore reduce the reliance on this information (Resnick et al, 2000;Robbins, 2017;Wozniak & MacNeill, 2020) Users may also have other reasons to include demographic information when assessing others.…”

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The effect of online reputation systems on intergroup inequality

Kas

2022

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Taste-Based Discrimination

Rathelot

Safi

2023

Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action

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Racial discrimination in the lab: Evidence of statistical and taste-based discrimination

Cited by 13 publications

References 30 publications

Estimating Absenteeism Related to Nonalcohol Substance Use in a US National Cohort of Full-Time Employees

Estimating Absenteeism Related to Nonalcohol Substance Use in a US National Cohort of Full-Time Employees

The effect of online reputation systems on intergroup inequality

Taste-Based Discrimination

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