The Impact of Childhood Inter-Ethnic Contact on Managers' Hiring Decisions

23 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2024

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Liam Wren-Lewis

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Max Friedrich Steinhardt

Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Department of Business and Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Centro Studi Luca D'Agliano (LdA); Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

Luca Paolo Merlino

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Philip Rosenbaum

Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics; University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics

Date Written: September 02, 2024

Abstract

This paper analyzes whether inter-ethnic contact in childhood affects the hiring behavior of managers. To identify the causal effect of exposure, we exploit quasi-random variation in the share of immigrant students across cohorts within Danish schools. Using administrative employer-employee data, we find that more immigrant peers of the same gender in school lead Danish managers to hire more immigrants later in life. We do not find any evidence that this relationship is driven by managers' educational outcomes or earnings, nor that the share of immigrants affects the managers' residential choices.

JEL Classification: I29, J15, J61, J71

Suggested Citation

Wren-Lewis, Liam and Steinhardt, Max Friedrich and Merlino, Luca Paolo and Rosenbaum, Philip and Rosenbaum, Philip, The Impact of Childhood Inter-Ethnic Contact on Managers' Hiring Decisions (September 02, 2024). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4944159 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4944159

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Luca Paolo Merlino

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