Hiring Discrimination in the Organisational Context: A Harmonized Factorial Survey Dataset from Four European Countries (Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania). - 2026
Hiring Discrimination in the Organisational Context: A Harmonized Factorial Survey Dataset from Four European Countries (Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania).
[en] Hiring discrimination has been extensively documented in numerous studies. It is not driven solely by individual actions but is context-dependent, shaped - among other factors - by organisational features that enable or constrain discriminatory behaviour. However, little is known about why some organisations, such as companies or public agencies, discriminate more than others. This data descriptor presents the dataset from a harmonised factorial survey experiment (FSE) on hiring discrimination, which enabled detailed analyses of discriminatory behaviour and the organisational contexts that shape it. The FSE measured discrimination based on nationality, gender and care obligations and was conducted between 2024 and 2025 in four European countries-Germany, Norway, Poland and Romania-among 2,506 recruiters. The dataset includes 15,036 evaluations of hypothetical job candidates for medium-skilled positions, complemented by extensive information on recruiters and the organisations they represent.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Buttler, Dominik; Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poznań, Poland. dominik.buttler@ue.poznan.pl ; Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. dominik.buttler@ue.poznan.pl
Imdorf, Christian; Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany. c.imdorf@ish.uni-hannover.de
Bjørnshagen, Vegar; OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway
Cosciug, Anatolie; West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
Lipowska, Katarzyna; Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland
Magda, Iga; Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland ; SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Palczyńska, Marta; Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland ; Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Smoter, Mateusz; Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland
Ayllón, Sara; Department of Economics, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
Bell, Justyna; OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway
Krząkała, Mateusz; Institute for Structural Research, Warsaw, Poland ; SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Precupetu, Iuliana; Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania ; Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Radogna, Rosa Maria; Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania ; Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Rogstad, Jon; OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, NOVA, Oslo, Norway
SAMUEL, Robin ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) > Centre for Childhood and Youth Research
Tufa, Laura; Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania ; Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Valls, Ona; Department of Research Methods and Diagnosis in Education, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Wessel, Nick; Institute of Sociology, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Hiring Discrimination in the Organisational Context: A Harmonized Factorial Survey Dataset from Four European Countries (Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania).
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