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3. Januar 2024
New Paper by Moya, Sattler and Sauer on Double Standards in the Labor Market when Violating the Social Norm of Vaccination
Moya, C., Sattler, S., Taflinger, S., Sauer, C. (2024): Examining
double standards in layoff preferences and expectations for
gender, age, and ethnicity when violating the social norm of
vaccination. Scientific Reports
14: 39. [Link]
Abstract
Whether vaccination refusal is perceived as a social norm
violation that affects layoff decisions has not been tested.
Also unknown is whether ascribed low-status groups are subject
to double standards when they violate norms, experiencing
stronger sanctions in layoff preferences and expectations, and
whether work performance attenuates such sanctioning. Therefore,
we study layoff preferences and expectations using a discrete
choice experiment within a large representative online survey in
Germany (N=12,136). Respondents chose between two
employee profiles, each with information about ascribed
characteristics signaling different status groups (gender, age,
and ethnicity), work performance (work quality and quantity, and
social skills), and whether the employees refused to vaccinate
against COVID-19. We found that employees who refused
vaccination were more likely to be preferred and expected to be
laid off. Respondents also expected double standards regarding
layoffs due to vaccination refusal, hence, harsher treatment of
females and older employees. Nonetheless, their preferences did
not reflect such double standards. We found little support that
high work performance attenuates these sanctions and double
standards, opening questions about the conditions under which
social biases arise. Our results suggest detrimental
consequences of vaccination refusal for individuals, the labor
market, and acceptance of health policies.
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