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Assessing Discrimination in Access to Higher Education: Results from a Field Experiment

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  • Sylvain Chareyron
  • Louis-Alexandre Erb
  • Yannick L'Horty

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This study assesses discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin and disability in access to higher education programs at master level in France. It is based on a national correspondence test with over 600 master's programs tested and 1,800 messages sent. The study found no significant discrimination against applicants with disabilities. However, the results indicate that applicants of North African origin are less likely to receive a positive response. Three months after the correspondence test, a survey of tested recruiters was administered and matched against administrative data. This allowed the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon to be explored. Discrimination is found to be mainly statistical and is influenced by the recruitment method (it is higher when the program head decides alone) and by the attractiveness of the program, linked to the professional outcomes of graduates of the master's degree (the most attractive programs are the most discriminating).

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  • Sylvain Chareyron & Louis-Alexandre Erb & Yannick L'Horty, 2023. "Assessing Discrimination in Access to Higher Education: Results from a Field Experiment," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 151, pages 121-145.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:2023:i:151:p:121-145
    DOI: 10.2307/48744152
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    Keywords

    Discrimination; Higher Education; Correspondence Test; Disability; Ethnic Origin;
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    JEL classification:

    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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