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04 March, 2016

The Reverse Gender Gap in Ethnic Discrimination: Employer Stereotypes of Men and Women with Arabic Names

International Migration Review, s. 1-28. DOI: 10.1111/imre.12170 Abstract We examine differences in the intensity of employer stereotypes of men and women with Arabic names in Sweden by testing how much

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Mahmood Arai & Lena Nekby
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28 March, 2014

The Multiple Burdens of Foreign-Named Men—Evidence from a Field Experiment on Gendered Ethnic Hiring Discrimination in Sweden

European Sociological ReviewFull text Abstract Scholars have documented ethnic and gender discrimination across labour markets since the 1970s by using field experiments (correspondence tests) in which

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa
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20 September, 2021

The EU project Open Days: The AMIF Project "The Subjective Integration 2"

The purpose of this project is to give the  migrants arriving via the organised channels, i.e. quota refugees and family reunion cases information about Sweden before leaving for Sweden. They are inte

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17 October, 2023

Does your name impact your chances to get a job? Short answer: Yes

What significance does your name have for your chances of getting a job? We ask Moa Bursell, a sociologist and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies, who has researched discrimination i

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14 December, 2022

Global sex differences in hygiene norms and their relation to sex equality

Plos Gloal Public Health Abstract Strict norms about hygiene may sometimes have health benefits but may also be a burden. Based on research in the United States, it has been suggested that women traditi

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , & Thomas E. Dickins Strimling, Pontus , & Thomas E. Dickins
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24 June, 2015

We are all prejudiced. You and me both

At the Institute for Futures Studies, we treat discrimination as an import issue for the future. We are studying how it manifests itself, but we are also trying to understand how and why discriminatio

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