DDRIE: Economic Consequences of Discrimination Against Minority Bosses by Subordinates

本博士论文研究项目将采用实验方法研究少数族裔管理人员在领导岗位上被歧视的原因和后果。偏见、歧视，尤其是针对少数族裔经理的歧视，以及种族和文化障碍，使有生产力的人无法进入劳动力市场，或降低他们在劳动力市场的效率。除了人力成本之外，这种人才分配不当还会减缓经济增长，从而阻碍各国发挥其改善公民福利的潜力，并为代表性不足的群体扩大机会，并阻碍低收入地区创业人才的发展，因为这些地区的向上流动可能依赖于创业精神。本研究的重点是一种特定类型的歧视：员工对少数族裔雇主和主管的歧视。这将是少数使用创新方法从底层研究歧视的研究之一。本研究的结果将有助于了解下级员工的歧视在多大程度上阻碍了少数群体的向上流动。它将为减少工作场所歧视和为所有人提供平等机会的政策提供信息。本项目旨在回答三个主要问题：(i)少数族裔雇主和主管在劳动力市场上是否面临来自下层的歧视？基本动机是什么？（三）这种来自下层的歧视的经济后果是什么？本研究将使用两个实地实验来测试自下而上歧视的存在，并研究其对劳动力市场中少数民族的经济后果。本研究对越来越多的关于歧视经济学的实证文献做出了一些贡献。这是第一个在现实世界的田野环境中提供来自下层歧视的实验证据的研究。其次，与大多数关于劳动力市场歧视的实地实验不同，实验设计允许从底层分析歧视的潜在动机。本文的研究结果对减少劳动力市场歧视、提高劳动力市场效率从而提高经济效益具有重要的政策意义。除了经济增长之外，本研究项目的成果有可能为减少不平等的政策提供投入，并为代表性不足的群体扩大创业和管理机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This doctoral dissertation research project will use experimental methods to study the causes and consequences of discrimination against minority managers who are underrepresented in leadership positions. Prejudice, discrimination especially aimed at minority manger, and racial and cultural barriers keep productive people out of, or decrease their effectiveness in, the labor market. Besides human costs, this mis-allocation of talent can slow economic growth, thus preventing countries from achieving their potential to improve the welfare of citizens as well as broaden opportunities for under-represented groups and prevent the development of entrepreneurial talent in low income areas where upward mobility may depend on entrepreneurship. The focus of this study is on a specific type of discrimination: employees’ discrimination against minority employers and supervisors. This will be one of the few studies that uses an innovative approach to study discrimination from below. The findings of this study will be helpful in understanding the extent to which discrimination from subordinate workers thwart the upward mobility of minority groups. It will inform on policies to reduce discrimination in the workplace and provide equal opportunity for all.This project aims to answer three main questions: (i) Do minority employers and supervisors face discrimination from below in labor markets? (ii) What are the underlying motivations?; and (iii) What are the economic consequences of such discrimination from below? This research will use two field experiments to test for the presence of bottom-up discrimination, and study its economic consequences for minorities in the labor market. This research makes some contributions to the growing empirical literature on the economics of discrimination. This is the first study to provide experimental evidence on discrimination from below in real world field setting. Second, unlike most field experiments on discrimination in labor markets, the experimental design allows for an analysis of the underlying motivations for discrimination from below. The results of this research has important policy implications to decrease labor market discrimination and improve the efficiency of labor markets and thus increase economic outcomes. In addition to economic growth, the results of this research project has the potential to provide inputs into policies to decrease inequality as well as expand entrepreneurial and managerial opportunities for under-represented groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.