Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245546 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14495
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
A large body of research documents the existence of discrimination against migrants and ethnic minorities in the labour market. This study investigates for Austria, to what degree employment discrimination against ethnic minorities is mitigated, when they abstain from following the Austrian norm of including a photograph to their job application that would make their ethnicity salient or when they hold a local sounding name. In our correspondence test, we found that with matching ethnic names and ethnic photographs, black but not Asian job applicants suffered from discrimination. With a local sounding name, blacks (but not Asians) bettered their employment chances. Although photographs may facilitate ethnic discrimination, we did not find that their omission improved minorities' labour market chances. On the contrary, Asians were penalised for leaving out their photograph. Indeed, if candidates did not attach photos despite the convention to do so, we found statistically significant discrimination not only against black, but also Asian applicants.
Subjects: 
migration
discrimination
hiring
correspondence testing
JEL: 
C93
J15
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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