Arbeitspapier
What Does a Job Candidate's Age Signal to Employers?
Research has shown that hiring discrimination is a barrier for older job candidates in many OECD countries. However, little research has delved into why older job candidates are discriminated against. Therefore, we have conducted an online scenario experiment involving recruiters to empirically investigate 15 potential stigma related to older age drawn from a systematic review of the literature. We found that older age particularly signals to recruiters that the applicant has lower technological skill, flexibility, and trainability levels. Together, these perceptions explain about 41% of the effect of age on the probability of being invited to a job interview. In addition, we found that the negative association between age and invitation probability is smaller when recruiters work for firms with a higher percentage of older employees.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12849
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Labor Discrimination
Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Demand
- Thema
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hiring
statistical discrimination
age
stereotypes
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Van Borm, Hannah
Burn, Ian
Baert, Stijn
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2019
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Van Borm, Hannah
- Burn, Ian
- Baert, Stijn
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2019
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