In a Study Conducted by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullianthan

question 79

Multiple Choice

In a study conducted by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullianthan, identical resumes were sent in response to help wanted ads in newspapers, with half of the resumes assigned an African-American-sounding name and half assigned a white-sounding name.The study found that

• A)employers were equally likely to interview workers with white-sounding names and with African-American-sounding names.
• B)employers were 50 percent more likely to interview workers with African-American-sounding names.
• C)employers were 50 percent more likely to interview workers with white-sounding names.
• D)no employers chose to interview workers with African-American-sounding names.

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