Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study

Henry Farber, Dan Silverman and Till von Wachter
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Henry Farber: Princeton University
Till von Wachter: University of California Los Angeles

Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: We use an audit study approach to investigate how unemployment duration, age, and holding a low-level "interim" job affect the likelihood that experienced college- educated females applying for an administrative support job receive a callback from a potential employer. First, the results show no relationship between callback rates and the duration of unemployment. Second, workers age 50 and older are significantly less likely to receive a callback. Third, taking an interim job significantly reduces the likelihood of receiving a callback. Finally, employers who have higher callback rates respond less to observable differences across workers in determining whom to call back. We interpret these results in the context of a model of employer learning about applicant quality.

JEL-codes: J60 J62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10
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