Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35463 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3811
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies whether sex discrimination is the cause of sex segregation in the Swedish labour market. The correspondence testing (CT) method was used, which entails two qualitatively identical applications, one with a female name and one with a male name, being sent to employers advertising for labour. The results show that females have a somewhat higher callback rate to interview in female-dominated occupations, while in male-dominated occupations there is no evidence of any difference. The conclusion is that the sex segregation prevailing in the Swedish labour market cannot be explained by discrimination in hiring. Instead, the explanation must be found on the supply side.
Subjects: 
Sex discrimination
segregation
exit from unemployment
JEL: 
J64
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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