Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171040 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11056
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We provide the first experimental evidence about ethnic discrimination in the labor market in Georgia. We randomly assign Georgian and non-Georgian, male and female, names to similar resumes and apply for jobs as advertised in help-wanted web sites in Georgia. We find that gender has no effect on the probability of callback, but a job applicant who is ethnic Georgian is twice more likely to be called for a job interview than an equally skilled ethnic non-Georgian (Azeri or Armenian). The almost 100% gap in callbacks is statistically significant and cannot be abridged by having more experience or education. Both taste-based discrimination and statistical discrimination models are consistent with the evidence provided in this study. Labor market discrimination tends to aggravate in economic busts.
Subjects: 
employment discrimination
field experiment
former Soviet Union
business cycles
JEL: 
J15
J71
C93
P23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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