Multiple Discrimination against Female Immigrants Wearing Headscarves.
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SUBMITTER: Weichselbaumer D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307452 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
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Multiple Discrimination against Female Immigrants Wearing Headscarves.
Industrial & labor relations review 20190917 3
Western countries have experienced a large influx of Muslim immigrants, and concomitantly the Muslim headscarf has become the subject of major controversy. Drawing on theories of stigma, social identity, and multiple discrimination/intersectionality, this study examines the effect of wearing this headscarf in the German labor market. The author applies the method of correspondence testing that allows measuring discrimination in a controlled field setting. Findings show that when applying for a j ...[more]
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