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Wettbewerbsvorteile aufgrund des Vornamens? Feldexperimente auf dem Beziehungs-, Nachhilfe- und Wohnungsmarkt

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To analyse whether or not market success is affected by one’s forename, twelve fictional market participants were created. For each of them classified ads were placed in (real) magazines, pretending (1) to be looking for a relationship, (2) to offer private lessons, and (3) to be looking for an apartment. Afterwards the persons who had been trying to contact the fictional market participants were counted. Ceteris paribus market participants bearing attractive German forenames got more offers than those with less attractive German or Turkish forenames, at least on the relationship and residential market. Calculations of binary logistic regressions reveal that persons bearing less attractive German forenames or Turkish forenames are significantly less likely to receive answers to their relationship ads than persons with attractive German forenames. Persons bearing male Turkish forenames are also significantly less likely to receive answers to their relationship ads than male persons with less attractive German forenames. / Um zu untersuchen, ob Vornamen den Erfolg von Marktteilnehmern beeinflussen, wurden für 12 fiktive Testpersonen Kleinanzeigen auf dem Beziehungs-, Nachhilfe- und Wohnungsmarkt geschaltet, und es wurde die Anzahl der kontaktierenden Personen erfasst. Ceteris paribus attrahierten Anzeigen von Testpersonen mit positiv besetzten deutschen Vornamen insgesamt mehr Beziehungsinteressenten und Wohnungsanbieter als Anzeigen von Testpersonen mit einem negativ besetzten deutschen oder einem türkischen Vornamen. Berechnungen von binären logistischen Regressionen ergeben, dass bei Personen mit negativ besetzten deutschen Vornamen oder türkischen Vornamen die Wahrscheinlichkeit, Antwort auf ein Beziehungsinserat zu erhalten, signifikant geringer ist als bei Personen mit positiv besetzten deutschen Vornamen. Personen mit männlichen türkischen Vornamen haben zudem auch eine signifikant geringere Wahrscheinlichkeit, Antwort auf ein Beziehungsinserat zu erhalten, als männliche Personen mit negativ besetzten deutschen Vornamen.

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  • Laura Lütkenhöner, 2014. "Wettbewerbsvorteile aufgrund des Vornamens? Feldexperimente auf dem Beziehungs-, Nachhilfe- und Wohnungsmarkt," Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science Studies / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 134(4), pages 391-414.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqsjb:v134_y2014_i4_q4_p391-414
    DOI: 10.3790/schm.134.4.391
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    JEL classification:

    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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