The Impact of Employer Discrimination on Female Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

Abstract

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

First impression biases in the performing arts: taste-based discrimination and the value of blind auditioning

“…Also, an evaluator's self-image bias (Siniscalchi and Veronesi 2020) or type-based mentoring (Athey et al 2000) can perpetuate gender imbalance. I draw on experimental evidence that discrimination widens labour market differences between women and men in male occupations (Riach and Rich 2006), and that women can suffer from discrimination based on their physical appearance (Alaref et al 2020).…”