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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market

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Peter A. Riach () (IZA (Research Fellow))
Judith Rich () (University of Portsmouth and IZA)

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Abstract

In a field experiment of age discrimination, pairs of men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired, by email, about employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 2654.

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Date of creation: Mar 2007
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Keywords: age; discrimination; employment; field experiment; hiring;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments

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  1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2006. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the French Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 2522, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  2. P. A. Riach & J. Rich, 2002. "Field Experiments of Discrimination in the Market Place," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 112(483), pages 480-518, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2007. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the English Labor Market," IZA Discussion Papers 3029, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  4. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2004. "Deceptive Field Experiments of Discrimination: Are they Ethical?," Kyklos, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 57(3), pages 457-470, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Peter Riach & Judith Rich, 2004. "Fishing for Discrimination," Review of Social Economy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 62(4), pages 465-486, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Daniel, Kirsten & Heywood, John S., 2007. "The determinants of hiring older workers: UK evidence," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 35-51, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Riach, Peter A & Rich, Judith, 1987. "Testing for Sexual Discrimination in the Labour Market," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 26(49), pages 165-78, December.
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