Arbeitspapier
Do employers discriminate by gender? A field experiment in female-dominated occupations
We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4690
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Labor Discrimination
Field Experiments
- Subject
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Discrimination
field experiments
employment
gender
Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung
Geschlechterdiskriminierung
Arbeitsuche
Feldforschung
Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Booth, Alison L.
Leigh, Andrew
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Booth, Alison L.
- Leigh, Andrew
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2010
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