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An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the English Labor Market

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

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Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination in hiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a "new graduate" was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment as waiters; women aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment in retail sales. The rate of net discrimination against the older graduate, and against the older waiters in their London inquiries, correspond to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. There was a statistically significant preference for the older applicant in retail sales.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3029.

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Keywords: age; discrimination; employment; field experiment; hiring;

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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. Phelps, Edmund S, 1972. "The Statistical Theory of Racism and Sexism," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 62(4), pages 659-61, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  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. Kenneth Arrow, 1971. "The Theory of Discrimination," Working Papers 403, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.. [Downloadable!]
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  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. Gunderson, Morley, 1989. "Male-Female Wage Differentials and Policy Responses," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 27(1), pages 46-72, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. 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.
  9. Adams, Scott J., 2004. "Age discrimination legislation and the employment of older workers," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 219-241, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Peter A. Riach & Judith Rich, 2007. "An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers 2654, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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