Discrimination by name: a study in Norwegian labor market

Discrimination by name:
a study in Norwegian labor market


Birkelund G.E.

Oslo University, Oslo, Norway g.e.birkelund@sosgeo.uio.no

Rindsack O.T.

Institute of regional studies. National academy of sciences, Kiev, Ukraine olichkar@yahoo.com

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Rubric: Demography. Migration

For citation:

Birkelund G.E., Rindsack O.T. Discrimination by name: a study in Norwegian labor market. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 12. P. 37-40


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Abstract

Discrimination practices in Norway labor market are analyzed using author’s study of recognizability degree related to certain foreign names. Highest levels of recognizability are identified with regard to Chinese, Indian, and Russian names.


Keywords
discrimination; research; name; immigrant; field experiment
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