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Be a man or become a nurse: comparing gender discrimination by employers across a wide variety of professions
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Abstract We investigate gender discrimination and its variation between firms, occupations, and industries with a factorial survey design (vignette study) for a large sample of German firms. Short CVs of fictitious applicants are presented to human resource managers who indicate the likelihood of the applica... view more
We investigate gender discrimination and its variation between firms, occupations, and industries with a factorial survey design (vignette study) for a large sample of German firms. Short CVs of fictitious applicants are presented to human resource managers who indicate the likelihood of the applicants being invited to the next step of the hiring process. We observe that women are evaluated worse than men on average, controlling for all other attributes of the CV, i.e., school grades, age, information about activities since leaving school, parents' occupations etc. Discrimination against women varies across industries and occupations, and is strongest for occupations with lower educational requirements and of lower occupational status. Women receive worse evaluations when applying for male-dominated occupations. Overall, the share of women in an occupation explains more of the difference in evaluations than any other occupation- or firm-related variable.... view less
Keywords
attitude; decision; gender; discrimination; occupation; enterprise; Federal Republic of Germany; application; evaluation
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Free Keywords
C99; J71; vignette study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
52 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Verhalten auf Märkten, SP II 2017-201
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http://hdl.handle.net/10419/157371
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