Wearing a headscarf more than triples hiring discrimination for qualified women.

Evidence

The results showed that the applicant with the German name Sandra Bauer was called back at a rate of 18.8%, while Meryem Ozturk without the headscarf was called back after 13.5% of applications. The Meryem Ozturk who wore the headscarf was only called back for 4.2% of the positions applied for. The study showed that discrimination against an applicant with a Turkish name wearing a headscarf was roughly three times as great as that against a Turkish woman who was bare-headed. Since other research suggests that anti-Muslim sentiment in Germany is not all that different from anti-Muslim sentiment in Britain, one should assume that results in Britain might be quite similar. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 287

Categorization

• XREF: The headscarf effect (18.8% to 4.2%) quantifies the visibility mechanism the chapter’s framework centers on — visibly Muslim women face compounding penalty, feeding the definitional dispute over whether Islamophobia is about religion or race. — connects to: Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 281; Name-blind hiring fails to address interview-stage headscarf discrimination — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 294; Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 376

Related

• Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring (similarity 0.94)
• Name-blind hiring fails to address interview-stage headscarf discrimination (similarity 0.90)
• Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates (similarity 0.89)
• Visible Muslim identity measurably worsens job-market outcomes in Britain. (similarity 0.83)
• British Muslim women fail to achieve expected returns on education due to employment discrimination (similarity 0.82)
• Anticipated discrimination deters Muslims from entering hostile job sectors (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Visibly Muslim markers like the headscarf trigger added discrimination in hiring #corroborates (0.98) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 281
• Name-blind hiring fails to address interview-stage headscarf discrimination #expands (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 294
• Muslim women must conceal religious identity markers to secure employment in hostile climates #qualifies (0.72) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 376