印度的色彩主义和就业偏见:在分层经济学的实验研究
Ramya M Vijaya1, Naureen Bhullar2
1Stockton University, Galloway, NJ USA.
Review of evolutionary political economy
|April 16, 2024
概括
这项研究调查了印度的色彩主义和招聘歧视. 研究人员在求职者评估中没有发现对较深肤色的偏见,这挑战了皮肤颜色与劳动力市场成功之间的联系.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 颜色主义,即偏爱更浅的皮肤,其历史根源于殖民主义,并由全球皮肤美白行业放大.
- 印度的皮肤美白产业促进了更浅的皮肤与经济成功之间的联系,特别是在劳动力市场.
- 现有的研究缺乏皮肤色调特定的数据来验证这种联系,需要新的经验研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查印度的色彩主义和招聘歧视之间的关系.
- 为了确定黑色肤色是否在就业决策中面临不利影响.
- 提供经验证据来反驳皮肤美白行业宣传的叙述.
主要方法:
- 在印度实施了一项实验性调查设计.
- 参与者评估了求职者,使用相同的简历与照片配对,并对不同的皮肤色调进行操作.
- 这种方法解决了先前研究中缺乏皮肤色调特定数据的问题.
主要成果:
- 没有发现有统计学意义的招聘偏见有利于肤色较浅的候选人.
- 参与者对肤色较浅和肤色较深的候选人进行了类似的评估.
- 这项研究没有发现直接证据将色彩主义与在这种情况下的雇佣歧视联系在一起.
结论:
- 根据这项研究的发现,印度的色彩主义似乎并没有直接转化为雇佣歧视.
- 肤色偏见可能表现在其他经济或社会环境中,例如婚姻,健康或强调美丽的情况.
- 这项研究提供了皮肤美白产业的反叙事,并提出了分层经济学的新研究方向.
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