TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Asali, Muhammad
AU  - Pignatti, Norberto
AU  - Skhirtladze, Sophiko
        TI  - Employment Discrimination in a Former Soviet Union Republic: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        PY  - 2017/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11056
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11056
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - employment discrimination
KW  - field experiment
KW  - former Soviet Union
KW  - business cycles
        ER  -