Does the Gender Mix Among Employers Influence Who Gets Hired? A Labor Market Experiment
| Autor: | Ayu Okvitawanli, Alexia Gaudeul, Marian Panganiban |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
jel:C91
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION 05 social sciences jel:J71 Implicit-association test 050109 social psychology Representation (politics) jel:J78 discrimination hiring IAT implicit attitudes gender quotas labor markets employment Political science 0502 economics and business 8. Economic growth 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050207 economics Laboratory experiment Implicit attitude Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.2619090 |
| Popis: | We consider in this paper whether the gender mix at the level of decision-makers in firms can influence gender representation at the employee level. We run a laboratory experiment whereby we present a pair of independent employers with applications from two potential employees. We consider whether the gender of the other employer will influence an employer's hiring decision. We find that the gender mix among employers plays a role in the individual hiring decisions of female members. Female employers when paired with a male employer are more likely to choose a female applicant over an equally competent male applicant. Results of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) and answers to a post-experimental questionnaire show that explicit beliefs about relative gender performance are significantly associated with the observed hiring bias, while implicit attitudes do not appear to play a role. |
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