Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
监督减少歧视
Monitoring decreases discrimination
摘要
We study whether awareness of monitoring or study participation affects racial discrimination. Online participants rated résumés signaling either a Black or White candidate under Control, Monitoring, and Experiment conditions. Across conditions, we unexpectedly find a small average preference for Black résumés, possibly reflecting temporarily heightened racial awareness. The Control condition exhibits greater racial bias in both directions. This pattern suggests that monitoring and awareness of being studied can suppress discriminatory behavior. The findings underscore the importance of credible cover stories in discrimination experiments and indicate that subtle accountability cues may reduce bias in evaluative settings such as hiring.
中文摘要
我们探讨了监控意识或研究参与是否会影响种族歧视。在线参与者在控制、监控和实验条件下，对表明黑人候选人或白人候选人的简历进行评分。在各条件下，我们意外发现对黑人简历存在轻微的平均偏好，这可能反映了暂时增强的种族意识。控制条件在双向均表现出更大的种族偏见。这一模式表明，监控及被研究的意识可能抑制歧视行为。研究结果强调了在歧视实验中可信掩护故事的重要性，并指出微妙的问责提示可能减少招聘等评估环境中的偏见。