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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"discrimination in hiring"”.
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Regional Accent Discrimination in Hiring Decisions: A Language Attitude Study
… to support the notion that US regional accents influence decisions in the hiring process. Fifty-six people who hire for a variety of corporations participated in a computerized survey, during which they listened to speakers from regions of the US reading the same passage. Respondents judged the …
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The role of stereotypes in age discrimination in hiring: Evaluation and intervention
As the number of older adults grows, governments find it increasingly harder to support them through social and health care services. One solution to this problem is for older adults to remain in paid employment longer. However, older workers are discriminated against due to negative stereotyping …
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Ethnicity, qualifications, and peer influence: Relative effects in a simulated hiring decision
<p>Past research has examined the effects observed when résumés varying only in a name or a particular characteristic that is often stereotyped against receive differential feedback (see, for example, Derous et al., 2009). The current study sought to build on that design, adding the influence of …
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The Motherhood Penalty: Not so Black and White
Working mothers experience discrimination in hiring, promotion, salary, and training opportunities. This “motherhood penalty” occurs, in part, due to stereotyped family role expectations: working mothers are often perceived as the primary caregivers in their families and are assumed to have …
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Representation and Reward in High Technology Industries and Occupations: The Influence of Race and Ethnicity
This study examined whether the demand for more educated science and engineering workers outweighed longstanding practices of discrimination in hiring in high technology industries and science and engineering occupations. The study focused on the effects of education on the distribution of …
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Essays on Crime and Law
<p>This dissertation examines the interplay between law, policy, and decision-making within criminal justice and employment.</p> <p>The first chapter investigates the interplay between predictive algorithms and human discretion in parole decision-making. It examines how deviations from algorithmic …
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Three essays on labor market disparities and inequality
… studies labor market disparities and inequality in the United States. The focus is to investigate the determinants of gaps in various labor market outcomes over the life cycle between different demographic groups and to study whether the increased earnings inequality over the past …
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Employment of People with Disabilities in Georgia Local Governments: Identifying Barriers to Employment
One in five Americans lives with a disability, yet this group has one of the highest unemployment rates. Over the years, many surveys have been conducted to understand the reasons for the high unemployment rate facing this group. Nearly all these studies have concentrated on the private sector, …