@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6153, author={Carlsson, Magnus and Rooth, Dan-Olof}, title={Revealing Taste-Based Discrimination in Hiring: A Correspondence Testing Experiment with Geographic Variation}, year={2011}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={6153}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6153}, abstract={The standard correspondence testing experiment does not identify whether employer prejudice drives discriminatory behavior when hiring. This article proposes a new methodology using geographic variation to explore the link between employer attitudes toward ethnic minorities and the ethnic difference in callbacks for a job interview. Using already existing Swedish data we find that a randomly selected employer is more likely to discriminate against a minority job applicant in regions where the average employer has more negative attitudes.}, keywords={field experiments on hiring;negative attitudes;employer discrimination;regional variation}, }