Do Gender-Neutral Job Ads Promote Diversity? Experimental Evidence from Latin America’s Tech Sector

Lucia Del Carpio and Thomas Fujiwara

No 31314, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Gendered-grammar languages are spoken by 39% of the global population. We conduct two experiments studying the effects of gender-neutral language in job advertisements and its treatment spillovers. In a Spanish-speaking tech job platform, ads randomly assigned to gender-neutral language attract more female applicants, but only when a small proportion of other ads considered by applicants is treated. In a second experiment, gender-neutral language in ads affects beliefs about job characteristics. Our results suggest that female applicants interpret gender-neutral language as a signal about job amenities and that scalability is limited: if most ads were gender-neutral, the effects would be negligible.

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Date: 2023-06
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