Abstract
We use an audit study approach to investigate how unemployment duration, age, and holding a low-level interim job while applying for a better job affect the likelihood that experienced college-educated females applying for an administrative support job receive a callback from potential employers. First, the results show no relationship between callback rates and unemployment duration. Second, workers age fifty and older are significantly less likely to receive a callback. Third, taking an interim job significantly reduces the likelihood of receiving a callback. Finally, employers who have higher callback rates respond less to observable differences across workers in determining whom to call back.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 168-201 |
Number of pages | 34 |
Journal | RSF |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Keywords
- Age discrimination
- Audit study
- Interim jobs
- Job finding
- Unemployment duration