Hiring Discrimination Against Maghrebi Women in the National Capital Region of Quebec, Canada: An Econometric Analysis on Field Experiment Data

Last registered on October 15, 2016
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Hiring Discrimination Against Maghrebi Women in the National Capital Region of Quebec, Canada: An Econometric Analysis on Field Experiment Data
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0001668
Initial registration date
October 15, 2016

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
October 15, 2016, 9:18 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Canada
Region
Quebec

Primary Investigator

Name
Simon Brière
Affiliation
Department of Economics, Laval University and CIRPEE
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Bernard Fortin
PI Affiliation
Department of Economics, Laval University, CIRPEE and CIRANO
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PI Name
Guy Lacroix
PI Affiliation
Department of Economics, Laval University, CIRPEE and CIRANO
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2014-03-01
End date
2016-01-01
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
Correspondence testing, Ethnic discrimination
JEL code(s)
C93, J71.
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to estimate a possible hiring discrimination against Maghrebi women in the National Capital region of Quebec, Canada. In order to achieve this, we conducted an experiment using the correspondence testing method. Our results suggest that, all other things being equal, the likelihood of being invited to a job interview decreases by 11 percentage points for “Maghrebi women – sounding” compared to “Quebecer women – sounding” candidates. This also suggests the presence of hiring discrimination against Maghrebi women in the National Capital region of Quebec, Canada.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Brière, Simon, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix. 2016. "Hiring Discrimination Against Maghrebi Women in the National Capital Region of Quebec, Canada: An Econometric Analysis on Field Experiment Data." AEA RCT Registry. October 15. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1668-1.0
Former Citation
Brière, Simon, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix. 2016. "Hiring Discrimination Against Maghrebi Women in the National Capital Region of Quebec, Canada: An Econometric Analysis on Field Experiment Data." AEA RCT Registry. October 15. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1668/history/11203
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2014-03-01
Intervention End Date
2014-04-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The recall rate for a job interview
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The method involves sending 50 matched pairs of identical job applications to 50 employers posting jobs—the only difference being the name that signals Maghrebi or Canadian (Quebecer) origin.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Pair of applications
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
50 pairs of applications
Sample size: planned number of observations
100 job applications
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
50 "Maghrebi women - sounding" job applications, 50 "Quebecer women - sounding" job applications (control)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Comités d'éthique de la recherche avec des êtres humains de l'Université Laval
IRB Approval Date
2015-03-25
IRB Approval Number
Details not available
Analysis Plan

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Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
April 01, 2014, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
April 01, 2014, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
50 pairs of applications
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
100 job applications
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
50 "Maghrebi women - sounding" job applications, 50 "Quebecer women - sounding" job applications (control)
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
Yes
Public Data URL
https://sites.google.com/site/msimonbriere/research

Program Files

Program Files
No
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

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