Age Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from Age-Blind vs. Non-Age-Blind Hiring Procedures

David Neumark

No 26623, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: I study age discrimination in hiring, exploiting a difference between age-revealed and partially age-blind hiring procedures. Under the first hiring procedure, age is revealed simultaneously with other applicant information and job offer rates are much lower for older than for younger job applicants. Under the second hiring procedure, interview selections are based on detailed, age-blind on-line applications, while subsequent interviews are not age-blind. Older applicants are not under-selected for interviews, but after in-person interviews when age is revealed, older applicants still face a much lower job offer rate. This evidence is strongly consistent with age discrimination in hiring.

JEL-codes: J14 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-01
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Published as David Neumark, 2024. "Age Discrimination in Hiring," Journal of Human Resources, vol 59(1), pages 1-34.

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