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Age Discrimination in Hiring: An Experimental Study
[Возрастная Дискриминация При Найме: Результаты Экспериментального Исследования]

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  • Klepikova, Ekaterina (Клепикова, Екатерина)

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This article presents the findings of the fi rst field experiment — a resume correspondence study — on age discrimination in the Russian labor market. Correspondence studies are nowadays viewed as the most objective way to test for hiring discrimination. Th is method consists of sending pairs of CVs for job offers, very similar in everything except the trait to be analyzed (age in our case). Data collection for the presented study was conducted in February—March 2018. Pairs of matched applications, one from a fictitious 29-year-old female applicant and one from a fictitious 48-year-old female applicant, were sent to 341 employers with job openings for accountants in Moscow, posted on one of the most popular job search websites. It turned out that the probability of receiving an invitation for an interview for an older candidate is 24–32%, whereas for a younger candidate it is 45–52%. Thus, the positive callback ratio is 1.8–2.5. The indicator of “net discrimination”, calculated as the difference in the shares of positive callbacks in the number of vacancies for which at least one response has been received, is 37–49% for the younger and older candidates. Compared with the results of the existing studies, it turns out that the obtained discrimination level is quite high. Taking into account the population aging, a reduction in the workforce and an increase in the official retirement age, measures must be taken to combat age discrimination and allow older people to work on an equal basis with young people.

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  • Klepikova, Ekaterina (Клепикова, Екатерина), 2019. "Age Discrimination in Hiring: An Experimental Study [Возрастная Дискриминация При Найме: Результаты Экспериментального Исследования]," Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 2, pages 64-89, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:rnp:ecopol:ep1910
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    1. Elena Vitalyevna Vasilyeva & Alexander Nikolaevich Tyrsin, 2021. "Age Differentiation in Wages in the Russian Labor Market: Identification of the Causes," Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk, Russia), issue 3, pages 103-132.

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    Keywords

    ageism; age discrimination; discrimination in hiring; field experiment; correspondence study.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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