@article {68, title = {Ethnic Discrimination: Evidence from China}, journal = {European Economic Review}, volume = {90}, year = {2016}, pages = {165-177}, abstract = {We study the role of ethnicity in experimental labor markets where {\textquotedblleft}employers{\textquotedblright} determine wages of {\textquotedblleft}workers{\textquotedblright} who perform a real effort task. This task requires a true skill which we show is not affected by minority status. In some treatments, we provide subtle priming to employers about minority status of workers as commonly depicted on Chinese {\textquotedblleft}Hukou{\textquotedblright} identification system. We conduct our experiments at two sites located in provinces that differ by their historical shares of ethnic groups in the population. We find that: (1) Han and minority workers are equally productive in both provinces; (2) in the diverse province, there is no difference in the wages between Han and minority workers; (3) in the non-diverse province, minority workers receive 4\%-7\% lower wages than Han workers.}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.04.004}, author = {Markus Mobius and Tanya Rosenblat} }