Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?

Arbeitspapier

Anonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to combat employment discrimination. The idea gets support from theory and experimental evidence, but virtually nothing is known about its real-life effects. We present empirical evidence building on micro data collected in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, where AAP was used in parts of the local administration. Difference-in-differences estimates, with extensive controls for qualifications, suggest that AAP increased the chances of advancing to interviews for both women and individuals of non-Western origin. Women also experienced a higher probability of being offered a job, but no such effect is found for immigrants.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2007:31

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Discrimination ; Labor Discrimination: Public Policy
• Subject: Anonymous applications ; discrimination ; employment ; Arbeitsuche ; Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung ; Frauen ; Migranten ; Einwanderung ; Göteborg ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Åslund, Olof ; Nordström Skans, Oskar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78690
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET