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dc.titleThe Migrant Penalty in Latin America: Experimental Evidence from Job Recruiters
dc.contributor.authorZanoni, Wladimir
dc.contributor.authorFabregas, Raissa
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Andean Group
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.date.available2024-10-29T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2024-10-29T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractWe conducted an artifactual field experiment with human resource recruiters in Ecuador to investigate the extent to which migrants are penalized in the labor market. Human resource recruiters were hired to evaluate pairs of job candidates competing for jobs. The candidate profiles were observationally equivalent, except that one was randomly assigned to be a Venezuelan migrant. Recruiters assessed job fitness, proposed wages for each candidate, and made hiring recommendations. We find robust evidence of a penalty against migrants across all dimensions. Venezuelans are penalized despite being from a population who shares cultural, historical, and linguistic characteristics with natives and has, on average, higher levels of education. We do not find evidence that recruiters demographic characteristics, experience, cognitive scores, or personality traits correlate with a preference for natives. Instead, there is suggestive evidence that jobs requiring a greater degree of local knowledge or public interface carry a higher migrant penalty.
dc.format.extent43
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013222
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Migrant-Penalty-in-Latin-America-Experimental-Evidence-from-Job-Recruiters.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectMigrant
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectHuman Migration
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subject.jelcodeJ71 - Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ61 - Geographic Labor Mobility • Immigrant Workers
dc.subject.jelcodeC93 - Field Experiments
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.keywordsMigrant;labor market;Wage;discrimination
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01610
idb.operationRG-P1844
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