Essays on discrimination and endogenous preferences

0459786 - NHÚ 2019 RIV CZ eng D - Thesis
Cahlíková, Jana
Essays on discrimination and endogenous preferences.
Prague: Charles University, CERGE, 2016. 135 s.
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GBP402/12/G130
Institutional support: RVO:67985998
Keywords : discrimination * international mobility * inter-ethnic interactions
OECD category: Applied Economics, Econometrics
http://www.cerge-ei.cz/dissertations/cahlikova-jana

In the first chapter of this work, I focus on the effects of international mobility on discrimination. Every year, millions of people relocate to a foreign country for school or work. I provide evidence of how international experience shifts preferences and stereotypes related to other nationalities. The second chapter concentrates on inter-ethnic interactions. Ethnic hostilities often spread rapidly, making it essential to understand how individual willingness to engage in causing harm is shaped. Here we study the influence of peers among adolescents and present experimental evidence from a region characterized by tensions with Roma, the largest ethnic minority in Europe. In the third chapter, we study how psycho-social stress affects willingness to compete and performance under tournament incentives across gender. The paper has implications for gender gaps on the labor market, since many key career events involve competition in stressful settings (e.g. entrance exams or job interviews).
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