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The names they chose seem to be fairly uncommon. Did they correct for the confounding variable of perceived social class of each of the names? (Similar to wha

The names they chose seem to be fairly uncommon. Did they correct for the confounding variable of perceived social class of each of the names? (Similar to what someone else said, I wonder if they checked... not for uniqueness, because some names are unique but familiar to other names, but rather for recency of immigration, which can actually have both positive and negative effects I would imagine. For example, someone with a distinctive first + last name combination for a particular place might seem more "interesting" to interview.) Even a change in the presentation of the same name can indicate social class... Bill vs Will vs William, with middle initial or without, etc. Also hyphenated last names. Also, they included so many other things in the resumes... club memberships, etc., it makes me wonder whether the results were influenced by that. Even so, let's say the response is 23% vs 25% by race as they seem to say. That's obviously not good if it's due to racism for example, but it doesn't sound like an absolute prevention from working in an industry.

pseudalopex 5y ago
They chose last names at least 10,000 people had in the 2010 census. Over 43.6% had a more uncommon last name.[1] And some of the study names were much more common. Which first names seem uncommon to you? Black names are perceived as lower class because they're associated with black people. And education and work history are stronger class signals. Which names do you think sound like immigrants? You looked at the names they used. So you know they didn't use different forms of the same name. Or hyphenated last names. They calculated the effects of each characteristic. They found discrimination against men and women balanced out. They found modest but significant age discrimination. And they found club memberships had no significant effect. Absolute prevention is a straw man. [1] https://www2.census.gov/topics/genealogy/2010surnames/surnames.pdf#page=4 https://www2.census.gov/topics/genealogy/2010surnames/surnam...

pseudalopex 5y ago

They chose last names at least 10,000 people had in the 2010 census. Over 43.6% had a more uncommon last name.[1] And some of the study names were much more common. Which first names seem uncommon to you? Black names are perceived as lower class because they're associated with black people. And education and work history are stronger class signals. Which names do you think sound like immigrants? You looked at the names they used. So you know they didn't use different forms of the same name. Or hyphenated last names. They calculated the effects of each characteristic. They found discrimination against men and women balanced out. They found modest but significant age discrimination. And they found club memberships had no significant effect. Absolute prevention is a straw man. [1] https://www2.census.gov/topics/genealogy/2010surnames/surnames.pdf#page=4 https://www2.census.gov/topics/genealogy/2010surnames/surnam...