Equity Matters
Hiring and workplace discrimination disproportionately affects people of color. This can contibute to higher rates of unemployment for Hispanic/Latino, Black, or American Indian/Native Alaskan people.[,,]
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[EC26] Bertrand, M. & Mullainathan, S. (2003). Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper No. 9873. https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873