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Le mérite : un rempart contre les discriminations ?

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  • Florent Fremigacci
  • Loïc du Parquet
  • Pascale Petit
  • Guillaume Pierné
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We examine if a positive item signaling the level of productivity for a young job applicant can reduce the discriminations based on origin. We use a correspondence test which consists in elaborating fictitious applicants who answer job offers and whose application differs in only one characteristic. In 2011, we sent fictitious applications to firms in Paris area. Firstly, we verify that signaling the job-award « One of the best apprentices in France » increases the probability of a young applicant for being contacted by an employeer who offers plumber or waiter jobs. Secondly, we compare the effect of that job-award for two applications, one for a young french native applicant and the other one for a french applicant whose name suggests the Maghrebian origin, for three professions in the building sector : masons, plumbers and electricians. The results show that a job-award increases the success rate for an applicant whatever the origin, but this positive effect is higher for the french applicant. For permanent jobs, the applicant with a Maghrebian origin and a jobaward has the same probability to be invited in an interview than the french applicant without this award. This result suggests that there is a discrimination à la Becker.

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  • Florent Fremigacci & Loïc du Parquet & Pascale Petit & Guillaume Pierné, 2015. "Le mérite : un rempart contre les discriminations ?," Revue française d'économie, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 155-182.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:rferfe:rfe_151_0155
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    1. Pascale Petit, 2015. "L’insertion professionnelle des jeunes : l’apport des expériences contrôlées," Erudite HDR / Erudite Accreditation to supervise Ph.D., Erudite, number hd15-01 edited by Yannick L’Horty, April.
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    3. Emmanuel Duguet & Souleymane Mbaye & Loïc du Parquet & Pascale Petit, 2016. "Discrimination A L’Embauche A L’Encontre Des Femmes Dans Le Secteur Du Batiment : Les Resultats D’Un Testing En Ile-De-France," TEPP Research Report 2016-03, TEPP.
    4. Mathieu Bunel & Yannick L'Horty & Loïc du Parquet & Pascale Petit, 2017. "Identifying preference-based discrimination in rental market: A field experiment in Paris," TEPP Working Paper 2017-06, TEPP.
    5. Berson, Clémence & Laouénan, Morgane & Valat, Emmanuel, 2020. "Outsourcing recruitment as a solution to prevent discrimination: A correspondence study," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C).
    6. Souleymane Mbaye, 2019. "Trois évaluations d’actions de lutte contre les discriminations," Erudite Ph.D Dissertations, Erudite, number ph19-01 edited by Pascale Petit.
    7. Loïc du Parquet & Pascale Petit, 2019. "Discrimination à l’embauche : Ce que nous apprennent deux décennies de testings en France," TEPP Research Report 2019-01, TEPP.
    8. Mathieu Bunel & Yannick L'Horty & Loïc du Parquet & Pascale Petit, 2017. "Les discriminations dans l’accès au logement à Paris : Une expérience contrôlée," TEPP Research Report 2017-01, TEPP.
    9. repec:hal:spmain:info:hdl:2441/26s2fhqla9901btt78qnrel14d is not listed on IDEAS
    10. Cahuc, Pierre & Hervelin, Jérémy, 2024. "The effect of workplace vs school-based vocational education on youth unemployment: Evidence from France," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).

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