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Title: Are Some Citizens More Equal than Others? Evidence from a Field Experiment.
Authors: Grohs, Stephan1 grohs@uni-speyer.de, Adam, Christian2 christian.adam@gsi.unimuenchen.de, Knill, Christoph2 christoph.knill@gsi.unimuenchen.de
Source: Public Administration Review. Jan2016, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p155-164. 10p.
Subject Terms: *Experiments, Administrative procedure, Citizen participation in public administration, Local government, Ethnic discrimination, Sex discrimination
Geographic Terms: Germany
Abstract: The equal treatment of all citizens is one of the fundamental principles of good administrative practice. Nevertheless, there are growing numbers of media and scientific reports on unequal treatment by public administrations. This article examines the unequal treatment of citizens by gender and ethnic origin by means of a survey-based field experiment in German local government. With the help of two vignettes and randomized assignment of names, responses to fake citizen requests by local governments are analyzed for speed, quality, and service orientation. The results show very limited discrimination effects. While there is no evidence for general ethnic discrimination, a more differentiated analysis indicates patterns of ethnic discrimination conditioned by gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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