Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?

Olof Åslund and Oskar Skans

No 2007:31, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: Anonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to combat employment discrimination. The idea gets support from theory and experimental evidence, but virtually nothing is known about its real-life effects. We present empirical evidence building on micro data collected in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, where AAP was used in parts of the local administration. Difference-in-differences estimates, with extensive controls for qualifications, suggest that AAP increased the chances of advancing to interviews for both women and individuals of non-Western origin. Women also experienced a higher probability of being offered a job, but no such effect is found for immigrants.

Keywords: Anonymous applications; discrimination; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J71 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2007-12-07
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Published as Åslund, Olof and Oskar Nordström Skans, 'Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?' in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012.

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