Gender discrimination in information provided by recruiters for higher education programs

Sylvain Chareyron, Berlanda Desuza Fils-Aimé and Yannick L’horty ()
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Berlanda Desuza Fils-Aimé: 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
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

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Abstract: This study explores how gender, in combination with ethnic origin, influences the information provided by recruiters of master's-level higher education programs in France. In 2022, master's programs of French universities were tested by sending simple requests for information from fictitious students to the program managers. We find no significant overall gender-based differences in the treatment of applicants. However, the results suggest a difference in ease of access for women to science and technology master's programs compared to arts, literature and languages programs. We also observe a significant penalty against applicants of North African origin.

Keywords: Ethnic origin; Higher education; Correspondence test; Gender; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-08
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Published in Education Economics, 2025, pp.1-16. ⟨10.1080/09645292.2025.2507174⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2025.2507174

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