Implementing (un)fair procedures?: favoritism and process fairness when inequality is inevitable
We study allocation behavior when outcome inequality is inevitable but a fair process is feasible, as in selecting one person from several candidates for a job or award. We show that allocators may be influenced by inappropriate criteria, impeding the implementation of a fair process. We study four...
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
25 Apr. 2019
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| Series: | Discussion paper series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
no. 661 |
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Discussion paper series (no. 661)
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| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00026367 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/26367 Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.11588/heidok.00026367 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/awi/forschung/deseminar/dp661.pdf Resolving-System, kostenfrei: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/207637 Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-263678 
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| Author Notes: | Robert J. Schmidt and Stefan T. Trautmann |
| Summary: | We study allocation behavior when outcome inequality is inevitable but a fair process is feasible, as in selecting one person from several candidates for a job or award. We show that allocators may be influenced by inappropriate criteria, impeding the implementation of a fair process. We study four interventions to induce process fairness without restricting the allocator's decisions: Increasing the transparency of the allocation process; providing a private randomization device; allowing the allocator to delegate to a public randomization device; and allowing the allocator to avoid information on inappropriate criteria. All interventions except transparency have positive effects, but differ substantially in their impact. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.11588/heidok.00026367 |