%0 Report
        %A Asali, Muhammad
%A Pignatti, Norberto
%A Skhirtladze, Sophiko
        %T Employment Discrimination in a Former Soviet Union Republic: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Sep
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11056
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11056
        %X 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.
        %K employment discrimination
%K field experiment
%K former Soviet Union
%K business cycles