• After the Crimea crisis: Employee discrimination in Russia and Ukraine 

      Naidenova, Iuliia; Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Parshakov, Petr; Chusovliankin, Aleksei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This paper examines the issue of employee discrimination after a political crisis: the annexation of Crimea. The annexation, which resulted in a political crisis in Russian-Ukrainian relations, is a setting which allows ...
    • Dataset for field experiments analyzing discrimination in amateur soccer 

      Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Dietl, Helmut; Halser, Christoph (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper presents data of field experiments that analyze discrimination in amateur soccer. The studies created fake accounts and asked amateur soccer coaches to come for a trial practice. The fake accounts had either a ...
    • Diverse Effects of Thermal Conditions on Performance of Marathon Runners 

      Gasparetto, Thadeu; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Heat exposure affects human performance in many ways. Both physiological (i.e., glycogen sparing, oxygen uptake, thermoregulation) and biomechanical mechanisms (i.e., contact time, knee flexion, muscle activity) are ...
    • Do LGBTQ-supportive corporate policies affect consumer behavior? Evidence from the video game industry 

      Parshakov, Petr; Naidenova, Iuliia; Gomez, Carlos; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper empirically examines how consumers react when a company marks a product with a gay label. The company under scrutiny is one of the largest video game developers in the world, and the labeled product is a popular ...
    • Does persistence pay off? Accessing social activities with a foreign-sounding name 

      Dietl, Helmut; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Moretti, Paolo M; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, we examine if a slight behavioural modification has an influence on discrimination. Specifically, we use a field experiment based on emails to observe if persistence increases the chances of joining a social ...
    • Ethnic discrimination in Scandinavia: evidence from a field experiment in women’s amateur soccer 

      Storm, Rasmus K.; Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Holum, Marthe Liss; Nygaard, Andreas; Jakobsen, Tor Georg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      In this paper, we examine ethnic discrimination using sport as a laboratory. Applying a field experiment in the three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—we test whether foreign female minority groups ...
    • Head coach tenure in college women’s soccer. Do race, gender, and career background matter? 

      Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Gasparetto, Thadeu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This study aims to analyse the tenure of head coaches in college women’s soccer in the USA and puts the focus on the influence of race and gender. The analysis includes individual characteristics of coaches (educational ...
    • How to reduce discrimination? Evidence from a field experiment in amateur soccer 

      Dur, Robert; Gomez, Carlos; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A rich literature shows that ethnic discrimination is an omnipresent and highly persistent phenomenon. Little is known, however, about how to reduce discrimination. This study reports the results of a large-scale field ...
    • Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport 

      Gomez, Carlos; Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Dietl, Helmut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Societies are increasingly multicultural and diverse, consisting of members who migrated from various other countries. However, immigrants and ethnic minorities often face discrimination in the form of fewer opportunities ...
    • (Not) being granted the right to belong—Amateur football clubs in Germany 

      Nobis, Tina; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Dietl, Helmut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Empirical studies show that first- and second-generation immigrants are less likely to be members of sports clubs than their non-immigrant peers. Common explanations are cultural differences and socioeconomic disadvantages. ...
    • Obesity and Individual Performance: The Case of Esports 

      Parshakov, Petr; Naidenova, Iuliia; Assanskiy, Arthur; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background/Objectives The study considers the problem of the inclusion of people with obesity in the context of the growing role of computer-based work. Negative stereotypes about people with obesity still hold even when ...
    • Race and Employment: The Historical Case of Head Coaches in College Basketball 

      Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Dietl, Helmut; del Corral, Julio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This study analyzes how the number of Black coaches in college basketball has evolved since 1947. The analysis puts a focus on the time period after 1973 when regulatory requirements changed and a new Division was established. ...
    • Unbiased Decisions Among Women’s Basketball Referees 

      Gomez-Gonzalez, Carlos; Dietl, Helmut; Nesseler, Cornel Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Decisions often reflect implicit biases. Ethnic, racial, and gender traits are associated with stereotypes that may influence the decision-making process. Previous research shows that referees’ decisions in men’s professional ...
    • What’s in a name? Measuring access to social activities with a field experiment 

      Nesseler, Cornel Maria; Gomez-Gonzales, Carlos; Dietl, Helmut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Today’s societies increasingly consist of members who migrated from other countries and regions, and their functioning depends heavily on integrating their diverse members. Interactions with the local population through ...