Discrimination in hiring: the curse of motorcycle women

Loïc Du Parquet, Emmanuel Duguet, Yannick L'Horty () and Pascale Petit

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Abstract: The event of holding a driver's licence and listing it on a resume sends a signal of a capacity for mobility which generally increases the chances of getting a job. However, the effect of this signal can entirely be reversed in the case of a female candidate holding a motorcycle driver's licence. We demonstrate this effect by using a testing procedure carried out in the Greater Paris area for the profession of young management controllers. In that profession with a high concentration of women, the simple attribute of a female candidate mentioning a motorcycle driver's licence on her resume causes her to lose her advantage over a male candidate. The listing of a driver's licence on a resume is perceived by the employers as a gender-related characteristic. This provides a clear instance of the complexity of studying the role of stereotypes in the analysis of discrimination in hiring.

Keywords: access to employment; mobility; disc rimination; testing; accounting; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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