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| Titre : | What does a job candidate's age signal to employers? (2021) |
| Auteurs : | Hannah Van Borm ; Ian Burn ; Stijn Baert |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 71, August 2021) |
| Article en page(s) : | Article 102003 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ INEGALITES ; AGE ; TRAVAILLEUR AGE ; CRITERE D'EMBAUCHE ; ECONOMETRIE ; MODELISATION ; COMPARAISON INTERNATIONALE ; PAYS DE L'OCDE ; EUROPE ; AMERIQUE ; ASIE ; AUSTRALIE |
| Résumé : | Research has shown that hiring discrimination is a barrier for older job candidates in many OECD countries. However, little research has delved into why these job candidates face discrimination. Therefore, we have conducted an online scenario experiment involving recruiters to empirically investigate 15 potential stigmas 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 skills, 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. Additionally, we found that the negative association between age and the invitation to interview probability is smaller when recruiters work for firms with a higher percentage of older employees. |
| Note de contenu : |
We aimed to reach participants from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and New Zealand were not selected. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102003 |
