Labor Market Discrimination in Delhi : Evidence from a Field Experiment

We study the role of caste and religion in India's new economy sectors--software and call-centers--by sending 3,160 fictitious resumes in response to 371 job openings in and around Delhi (India) that were advertised in major city papers and online job sites. We randomly allocate caste-linked su...

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Main Authors: Banerjee, Abhijit, Bertrand, Marianne, Datta, Saugato, Mullainathan, Sendhil
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4984