Does Mood affect Sexual and Gender Discrimination in Hiring Choices? Evidence from Online Experiments

• Published in: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics Vol. 106; p. 102069
• Main Author: Mourelatos, Evangelos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.10.2023
• Subjects: experiment; gender; hiring discrimination; mood; online labor markets; sexual orientation; D87; D53; experiment; hiring discrimination; mood; gender; D23; D01; sexual orientation; online labor markets; D91

•Our results establish the relationship between discriminated hiring choices and employees’ sexual orientation and gender.•Hiring decisions are being affected by mood.•Positive mood manipulation led to a depletion of discrimination levels.•Suggest that discrimination based on sexual orientation and...