Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa

Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa

This paper collects a unique data set of classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector. Consistent with a tournament...

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Main Author: Abel, Martin
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
LABOR MARKET
HIRING DISCRIMINATION
IMMIGRANTS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668801504712927279/Labor-market-discrimination-and-sorting-evidence-from-South-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28357
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spelling okr-10986-283572021-06-14T10:11:30Z Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa Abel, Martin LABOR MARKET HIRING DISCRIMINATION IMMIGRANTS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT This paper collects a unique data set of classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector. Consistent with a tournament models in which immigrants are penalized, the analysis finds that foreigners and natives benefit from being pooled with foreign job seekers. Next, the paper tests whether discrimination affects search behavior. Controlling for location fixed effects, the analysis finds suggestive evidence for sorting: immigrants search further away and higher discrimination in the residential area is positively correlated with the decision to search in different suburbs. 2017-09-21T16:59:56Z 2017-09-21T16:59:56Z 2017-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668801504712927279/Labor-market-discrimination-and-sorting-evidence-from-South-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28357 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8180 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa South Africa
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topic LABOR MARKET
HIRING DISCRIMINATION
IMMIGRANTS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
spellingShingle LABOR MARKET
HIRING DISCRIMINATION
IMMIGRANTS
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Abel, Martin
Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
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description This paper collects a unique data set of classified ads and exploits quasi-random variation in the applicant pool composition to test for hiring discrimination against immigrants in South Africa's informal sector. Consistent with a tournament models in which immigrants are penalized, the analysis finds that foreigners and natives benefit from being pooled with foreign job seekers. Next, the paper tests whether discrimination affects search behavior. Controlling for location fixed effects, the analysis finds suggestive evidence for sorting: immigrants search further away and higher discrimination in the residential area is positively correlated with the decision to search in different suburbs.
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author Abel, Martin
author_facet Abel, Martin
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title Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
title_short Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
title_full Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
title_fullStr Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting : Evidence from South Africa
title_sort labor market discrimination and sorting : evidence from south africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/668801504712927279/Labor-market-discrimination-and-sorting-evidence-from-South-Africa
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