Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/124978
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9465
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
audit study
unemployment duration
interim job
age discrimination
JEL: 
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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