The theory of statistical discrimination is a dominant social scientific framework for
understanding discrimination in labor markets. To date, the literature has treated this theory …

O artigo visa analisar o debate teórico sobre discriminação algorítmica, com a finalidade de
esclarecer o potencial discriminatório de práticas baseadas em profiling e decisões …

In this paper, we address the question of whether the gender of a firm's leader affects the
cost of bank funding faced by small and medium enterprises in Europe. Using a large …

The growing body of research on interdisciplinarity has encouraged a more indepth analysis
of the relations that hold among academic disciplines. In particular, the incursion of one …

The chapter aims at analyzing how the current debate on algorithmic discrimination is
reflected in the case of credit scoring in Brazil. Firstly, it discusses the concepts of …

Mainstream economic theory is replete with assumptions that feed into structural or systemic
racism, because it supports an economic system that severely disadvantages people at the …

In this study, we test the hypothesis that the Colombian system of socioeconomic
stratification (SES), which ranks dwellings from one to six to calculate utility (public services) …

This article analyzes the gender wage gap in Switzerland, using data from the Swiss
Household Panel. The results show that women in Switzerland earn still less than men with …

Does the CEO's gender matter to lenders? Using data from 2006 to 2015 for listed
companies in China, we find reliable evidence that lenders charge firms led by female CEOs …

We analyze statistical discrimination in hiring markets using a multiarmed bandit model.
Myopic firms face workers arriving with heterogeneous observable characteristics. The …