The Labor Market Value of Taste: An Experimental Study of Class Bias in U.S. Employment

This article investigates cultural forms of class bias in the middle-income U.S. labor market. Results from an audit study of employment discrimination in four U.S. cities reveal that cultural signals of class, when included in résumés, have a systematic effect on the callback rates of women applyin...

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Main Author: Kyla Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2018-09-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v5-24-562/

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