Hiring Discrimination in Higher Education and Research

Les discriminations à l’embauche dans l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche

Laetitia Challe, Yannick L’horty (), Pascale Petit () and François-Charles Wolff ()
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Yannick L’horty: Université Gustave Eiffel, ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pascale Petit: ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Gustave Eiffel
François-Charles Wolff: UN - Université de Nantes, LEMNA - Laboratoire d'économie et de management de Nantes Atlantique - Nantes Univ - IAE Nantes - Nantes Université - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Nantes - Nantes Université - pôle Sociétés - Nantes Univ - Nantes Université, TEPP - Théorie et évaluation des politiques publiques - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Discrimination in access to employment in the higher education and research sector is measured using a correspondence test. Two criteria are tested: the applicants' gender and their origin (either French or North African) for two occupations, administrative assistant and administrative and financial executive, using two testing methods, responding to job offers and sending unsolicited applications to recruiters. In total, the study compiles the results of 2,748 job applications sent in 2021 and 2022 to higher education and research institutions in France. The two correspondence test methods revealed no evidence of gender-based discrimination for either occupation. However, in this sector, where principles of equality and integrity are expected to prevail, the study identifies evidence of discrimination against applicants of North African origin for administrative assistant positions, at a level comparable to that observed across the public sector as a whole.

Keywords: discrimination; higher education and research; correspondence test; enseignement supérieur et recherche; test par correspondance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2025, 548, pp.3-25. ⟨10.24187/ecostat.2025.548.2139⟩

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DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2025.548.2139

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