TY - JOUR
T1 - Labor market discrimination in Lima, Peru
T2 - Evidence from a field experiment
AU - Galarza, Francisco B.
AU - Yamada, Gustavo
PY - 2014/6/1
Y1 - 2014/6/1
N2 - We analyze labor discrimination in Peru, a fast-growing country where much anecdotal evidence suggests the presence of discriminatory practices in everyday life. Using surnames (indigenous/white) as a proxy for race, we sent 4820 fictitious CVs in response to 1205 real job vacancies for professional, technical, and unskilled jobs in Lima. Overall, whites receive more callbacks than indigenous applicants, and beautiful applicants receive more callbacks than homely-looking ones. The magnitude and significance of the racial and beauty gaps in callbacks substantially vary by job category. In particular, better looks only seem to matter in getting more callbacks for professional jobs.
AB - We analyze labor discrimination in Peru, a fast-growing country where much anecdotal evidence suggests the presence of discriminatory practices in everyday life. Using surnames (indigenous/white) as a proxy for race, we sent 4820 fictitious CVs in response to 1205 real job vacancies for professional, technical, and unskilled jobs in Lima. Overall, whites receive more callbacks than indigenous applicants, and beautiful applicants receive more callbacks than homely-looking ones. The magnitude and significance of the racial and beauty gaps in callbacks substantially vary by job category. In particular, better looks only seem to matter in getting more callbacks for professional jobs.
KW - Audit study
KW - Field experiment
KW - Labor discrimination
KW - Latin America
KW - Peru
KW - Audit study
KW - Field experiment
KW - Labor discrimination
KW - Latin America
KW - Peru
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U2 - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.003
M3 - Article in a journal
SN - 0305-750X
VL - 58
SP - 83
EP - 94
JO - World Development
JF - World Development
ER -