An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market

Peter Riach () and Judith Rich

No 2654, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In a field experiment of age discrimination, pairs of men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired, by email, about employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination.

Keywords: field experiment; employment; discrimination; age; hiring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007-03
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Published - published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 99/100, 169-185

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