Chewbacca mom accused of white privilege

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(06-17-2016, 02:24 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Here is a peer-reviewed study from Auburn in 2014 regarding job applications and race:

http://cla.auburn.edu/econwp/archives/2014/2014-06.pdf


An Examination of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market for Recent College Graduates: Estimates from the Field 

John M. Nunley,∗ Adam Pugh,† Nicholas Romero,‡and R. Alan Seals§ March 24, 2014¶ 


Abstract:
We present experimental evidence from a correspondence test of racial discrimination in the labor market for recent college graduates. Online job advertisements were answered with over 9,000 resumes from fictitious, recently-graduated job seekers. We find strong evidence of differential treatment by race: black applicants receive approximately 14 percent fewer interview requests than their otherwise identical white counterparts. The racial gap in employment opportunities increases as perceived productivity characteristics are added, which is difficult to reconcile with models of statistical discrimination. We investigate different channels through which the observed racial differences might occur and conclude that taste-based discrimination at the race-skill level is the most likely explanation. The racial differences identified operate primarily through customer-level discrimination.

Hopefully, I get time to look at that one and check out the peer-reviews. I was talking more about one that discriminated based solely on "black-sounding" names.