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Stereotype threat among European Roma adults

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  • Tomáš Želinský

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Negative stereotypes associated with certain groups can lead to stereotype threat, a phenomenon that can negatively impact performance. The majority of existing studies that find negative effects of stereotype threat on performance are based on subpopulations such as students and older adults. This paper contributes by investigating the concept of stereotype threat in the context of adults at a range of ages of Roma ethnicity in Slovakia. The study is based on an incentivized lab-in-field experiment with 203 participants. Its main goal is to investigate whether reminding Roma adults of their ethnic identity affects their performance. The results suggest that making ethnicity salient reduces the performance of Roma adults by approximately 11%. These findings are consistent with the expectations of the stereotype threat hypothesis. The study further examines confidence as a potential channel, but the findings are ambiguous.

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  • Tomáš Želinský, 2022. "Stereotype threat among European Roma adults," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 49-52, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:29:y:2022:i:1:p:49-52
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1855301
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    1. Tomáš Želinský, 2021. "Intertemporal Choices of Children and Adults from Poor Roma Communities: A Case Study from Slovakia," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(4), pages 378-405, July.

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