Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202633 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 04/2019
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
If individual abilities are imperfectly observable, statistical discrimination may affect hiring decisions. In our lab experiment, pairs of subjects solve simple mathematical problems. Subjects then hire others to perform similar tasks. Before choosing whom to hire, they receive information about the past scores of pairs, not of individuals. We vary the observability of individuals' abilities by ordering pair members either according to performance, or alphabetically by nickname. We find no evidence of gender discrimination in either treatment, however, possibly indicating that gender stereotypes are of limited importance in the context of our study.
Subjects: 
Discrimination
Collaboration
Alphabetic
Gender
JEL: 
C91
J71
A13
D83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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