Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146264 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2016/70
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We assess the relative importance of statistical residual-based measures of discrimination in determining indigenous Australians' perceptions of discrimination in the labour market. We find that statistical measures are largely unrelated to discrimination reports among males and negatively related to discrimination reports among females. Our results further indicate that the discrepancy between statistical and self-reported measures of discrimination is larger among individuals with stronger indigenous cultural identity. Our findings point at the potential significance of 'nonstatistical' evidence of discrimination, and underscore the importance of asking indigenous people directly about their experiences when addressing the issue of indigenous labour market disadvantage.
Subjects: 
ethnic discrimination
employment
Australia
JEL: 
J15
J21
J71
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-113-0
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
405.25 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.