• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed : An Audit Study
  • Contributor: Farber, Henry S. [Author]; Silverman, Dan [Other]; von Wachter, Till [Other]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2015]
  • Published in: IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 9465
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (48 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2684295
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  • Description: 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
  • Access State: Open Access