Vortrag von JProf. Dr. Menusch Khadjavi am 6. Juli: „Ride with me – Statistical versus Taste-Based Ethnic Discrimination in Online Car-Pooling Markets“

Im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums des Instituts für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Freiburg möchten wir Sie herzlich zum Vortrag von

JProf. Dr. Menusch Khadjavi
(Universität Kiel und Institut für Weltwirtschaft)

über das Thema

Ride with me - Statistical versus Taste-Based Ethnic Discrimination in Online Car-Pooling Markets

einladen.

Der Vortrag findet am Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2017, 11:00 Uhr s.t. in Raum 2330 KG II statt.

Abstract

Based on data of more than 17000 rides offered on Europe’s largest car-pooling marketplace, we estimate the effect of drivers’ name origin on the demand for the offered ride (clicks). Car-pooling is an economic and a social market where consumers make one-off, low-stake decisions. To identify which names are associated with ‘foreign’ origins, we conducted a separate online survey with over 1500 participants. We find large and significant discrimination effects for drivers with Arab, Turkish or Persian sounding names. These drivers would have to offer their rides at considerably cheaper prices compared to drivers with a typically German name in order to reach the same demand. Further analysis supports assumptions consistent with statistical discrimination theories. Our findings shed light on subtle, everyday forms of ethnic discrimination, provide pointers for policy and fuel ongoing discussions around the need for anti-discrimination efforts in an era where markets increasingly move online.