Implicit Discrimination in Hiring: Real World Evidence
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Keywords
implicit attitudes and stereotypes; exit from unemployment; discrimination; situation testing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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