Your resume is your gatekeeper: Automated resume screening as a strategy to reduce gender gaps in hiring

Elena Pisanelli

Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 221, issue C

Abstract: Firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for hiring. The literature prompts concerns about such AI algorithms hindering gender equality in employment outcomes. Using a unique field study, I find human recruiters’ gender stereotypes lead to women having 69% lower chances of being interviewed for a gender-neutral job, compared to equally qualified men. Introducing automated resume screening shrinks such a gender gap by 43 percentage points.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Gender; Hiring; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J63 J71 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110892

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