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Dominik Buttler1,2, Christian Imdorf3, Vegar Bjørnshagen4
1Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland. dominik.buttler@ue.poznan.pl.
Abstract:
Hiring discrimination has been extensively documented in numerous studies. It is not driven solely by individual actions but is context-dependent, shaped - among other factors - by organisational features that enable or constrain discriminatory behaviour. However, little is known about why some organisations, such as companies or public agencies, discriminate more than others. This data descriptor presents the dataset from a harmonised factorial survey experiment (FSE) on hiring discrimination, which enabled detailed analyses of discriminatory behaviour and the organisational contexts that shape it. The FSE measured discrimination based on nationality, gender and care obligations and was conducted between 2024 and 2025 in four European countries-Germany, Norway, Poland and Romania-among 2,506 recruiters. The dataset includes 15,036 evaluations of hypothetical job candidates for medium-skilled positions, complemented by extensive information on recruiters and the organisations they represent.
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