Gender discrimination in hiring: Lessons from a large-scale correspondence test
Emilie Arnoult
(1, 2, 3)
,
Marie-Odile Ruault
(3)
,
Emmanuel Valat
(4, 3)
,
Pierre Villedieu
(5)
,
Thomas Breda
(6, 7, 8)
,
Nicolas Jacquemet
(6, 7, 9)
,
Morgane Laouenan
(5, 7, 9)
,
Roland Rathelot
(10, 7)
,
Mirna Safi
(5, 7)
,
Clara Schaeper
(11, 7)
,
Joyce Sultan Parraud
(7)
,
Amélie Allegre
(12)
,
Anna Bagramova
(12)
,
Frédérique Bouvier
(12)
,
Fabrice Foroni
(12)
,
Sara Ftoh Fennane
(12)
,
Isabelle Huet
(12)
,
Bianka Kozma
(12)
,
Amine Medaghri Alaoui
(12)
,
Elshaday Tekle
(12)
1
CEET -
Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail
2 LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action
3 DARES - Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques
4 ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique
5 LIEPP - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques (Sciences Po)
6 PSE - Paris School of Economics
7 IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
8 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
9 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
10 University of Warwick [Coventry]
11 Berlin School of Economics
12 ISM-CORUM - Inter-service migrants - Centre d'Observation et de Recherche sur l'Urbain et ses Mutations
2 LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action
3 DARES - Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques
4 ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique
5 LIEPP - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques (Sciences Po)
6 PSE - Paris School of Economics
7 IPP - Institut des politiques publiques
8 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
9 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
10 University of Warwick [Coventry]
11 Berlin School of Economics
12 ISM-CORUM - Inter-service migrants - Centre d'Observation et de Recherche sur l'Urbain et ses Mutations
Pierre Villedieu
- Fonction : Auteur
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Thomas Breda
- Fonction : Auteur
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Nicolas Jacquemet
- Fonction : Auteur
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Morgane Laouenan
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- IdHAL : morgane-laouenan
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Roland Rathelot
- Fonction : Auteur
Mirna Safi
- Fonction : Auteur
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- IdHAL : mirna-safi
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Résumé
Inequalities between women and men are a striking feature of the labor market: They are reflected in lower participation and lower wages for women, who also have less upwardly mobile career paths. The role of the conditions of entry into employment in contributing to these occupational inequalities is still poorly understood. To gain a better understanding of gender discrimination in hiring, a large-scale experiment was carried out by sending fictitious CVs in response to several thousand job others in 11 different professions. These CVs differed only in the name of the applicant, to eliminate the effect of the quality of the applications on the chances of callback in the first phase of the recruitment process. Female and male applicants with a first name of French origin received the same overall response from employers: One third were called back, half did not receive a response, and the others were rejected. However, there were significant differences according to the level of qualification, with women being at a disadvantage in low-skilled occupations, while the opposite was true for managerial roles. The inclusion of information on family status (presence of children, marital status) or indicating a period of inactivity on the CVs did not result in any significant difference in treatment between female and male applications.
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Gender discrimination in hiring: Lessons from a large-scale correspondence test
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Inequalities between women and men are a striking feature of the labor market: They are reflected in lower participation and lower wages for women, who also have less upwardly mobile career paths. The role of the conditions of entry into employment in contributing to these occupational inequalities is still poorly understood. To gain a better understanding of gender discrimination in hiring, a large-scale experiment was carried out by sending fictitious CVs in response to several thousand job others in 11 different professions. These CVs differed only in the name of the applicant, to eliminate the effect of the quality of the applications on the chances of callback in the first phase of the recruitment process. Female and male applicants with a first name of French origin received the same overall response from employers: One third were called back, half did not receive a response, and the others were rejected. However, there were significant differences according to the level of qualification, with women being at a disadvantage in low-skilled occupations, while the opposite was true for managerial roles. The inclusion of information on family status (presence of children, marital status) or indicating a period of inactivity on the CVs did not result in any significant difference in treatment between female and male applications.
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Auteur(s) |
Emilie Arnoult
1, 2, 3
, Marie-Odile Ruault
3
, Emmanuel Valat
4, 3
, Pierre Villedieu
5
, Thomas Breda
6, 7, 8
, Nicolas Jacquemet
6, 7, 9
, Morgane Laouenan
5, 7, 9
, Roland Rathelot
10, 7
, Mirna Safi
5, 7
, Clara Schaeper
11, 7
, Joyce Sultan Parraud
7
, Amélie Allegre
12
, Anna Bagramova
12
, Frédérique Bouvier
12
, Fabrice Foroni
12
, Sara Ftoh Fennane
12
, Isabelle Huet
12
, Bianka Kozma
12
, Amine Medaghri Alaoui
12
, Elshaday Tekle
12
1
CEET -
Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail
( 480325 )
- CEET - « Le Descartes 1 » - 29, promenade Michel Simon - 93166 Noisy-le-Grand Cedex - France
- France
2
LIRSA -
Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action
( 186209 )
- CNAM 292 rue Saint Martin 75 141 PARIS Cédex 03
- France
3
DARES -
Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques
( 172175 )
- DARES : 39-43, quai André Citroën - 75902 - PARIS CEDEX 15
- France
4
ERUDITE -
Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique
( 1004415 )
- Université Gustave Eiffel, 5 boulevard Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée CEDEX 2
UPEC - Faculté de sciences économiques et de gestion
Mail des mèches Rue Poète et Sellier 94010 Créteil Cedex
- France
5
LIEPP -
Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d'évaluation des politiques publiques (Sciences Po)
( 218465 )
- LIEPP - Sciences Po
27, rue Saint-Guillaume
75337 Paris Cedex 07
- France
6
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
7
IPP -
Institut des politiques publiques
( 266522 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
8
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
9
CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
10
University of Warwick [Coventry]
( 302824 )
- Coventry CV4 7AL
- Royaume-Uni
11
Berlin School of Economics
( 328818 )
-
- France
12
ISM-CORUM -
Inter-service migrants - Centre d'Observation et de Recherche sur l'Urbain et ses Mutations
( 1071568 )
- France
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Date de production/écriture |
2021-05-25
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Oui
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Date de publication |
2021-05
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Description |
IPP Policy brief, n° 67
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Scientifique
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