When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market

Understanding ethnic discrimination is essential for effective policymaking in multicultural societies like Spain, where the foreign-born population has grown significantly. This study examines ethnic discrimination in one of Spain’s largest online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) markets through two fiel...

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Autores: Rodríguez-Menés, Jorge, González López, María José, 1966-, Cortina Trilla, Clara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/71308
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03672-0
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Palabra clave:Ethnic discrimination
Taste discrimination
First-moment statistical discrimination
Second-moment statistical discrimination
Field experiment
Spain
Second-hand commodity markets
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spelling When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer marketRodríguez-Menés, JorgeGonzález López, María José, 1966-Cortina Trilla, ClaraEthnic discriminationTaste discriminationFirst-moment statistical discriminationSecond-moment statistical discriminationField experimentSpainSecond-hand commodity marketsUnderstanding ethnic discrimination is essential for effective policymaking in multicultural societies like Spain, where the foreign-born population has grown significantly. This study examines ethnic discrimination in one of Spain’s largest online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) markets through two field experiments. The results reveal that buyers with Arabic or Chinese names face discrimination compared to those with Spanish names, but only when they bid at the listed price. In contrast, sellers do not experience similar bias, regardless of the price at which they mark their products. These findings align with the “second-moment” theory of statistical discrimination, which argues that bias arises not from prejudice against minorities or stereotypes about their abilities but from a lack of familiarity with minorities in traditional buyer roles. Sellers’ discriminatory behavior appears tied to their perception of risk: they are more likely to discriminate against minorities when aiming to minimize potential losses in favorable sales. Conversely, they show a preference for minorities when seeking to maximize gains in less-than-optimal transactions.Springer202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/71308http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03672-0reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésSocial Indicators Research. 2025;179:1463-86This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/713082026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
spellingShingle When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
Rodríguez-Menés, Jorge
Ethnic discrimination
Taste discrimination
First-moment statistical discrimination
Second-moment statistical discrimination
Field experiment
Spain
Second-hand commodity markets
title_short When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
title_full When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
title_fullStr When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
title_full_unstemmed When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
title_sort When your name matters: two field experiments on ethnic discrimination in Spain’s main online consumer-to-consumer market
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodríguez-Menés, Jorge
González López, María José, 1966-
Cortina Trilla, Clara
author Rodríguez-Menés, Jorge
author_facet Rodríguez-Menés, Jorge
González López, María José, 1966-
Cortina Trilla, Clara
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author2 González López, María José, 1966-
Cortina Trilla, Clara
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ethnic discrimination
Taste discrimination
First-moment statistical discrimination
Second-moment statistical discrimination
Field experiment
Spain
Second-hand commodity markets
topic Ethnic discrimination
Taste discrimination
First-moment statistical discrimination
Second-moment statistical discrimination
Field experiment
Spain
Second-hand commodity markets
description Understanding ethnic discrimination is essential for effective policymaking in multicultural societies like Spain, where the foreign-born population has grown significantly. This study examines ethnic discrimination in one of Spain’s largest online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) markets through two field experiments. The results reveal that buyers with Arabic or Chinese names face discrimination compared to those with Spanish names, but only when they bid at the listed price. In contrast, sellers do not experience similar bias, regardless of the price at which they mark their products. These findings align with the “second-moment” theory of statistical discrimination, which argues that bias arises not from prejudice against minorities or stereotypes about their abilities but from a lack of familiarity with minorities in traditional buyer roles. Sellers’ discriminatory behavior appears tied to their perception of risk: they are more likely to discriminate against minorities when aiming to minimize potential losses in favorable sales. Conversely, they show a preference for minorities when seeking to maximize gains in less-than-optimal transactions.
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