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A large‐scale field experiment on occupational gender segregation and hiring discrimination

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Adamovic, Mladen, Leibbrandt, Andreas·2023·Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
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We analyze the relationship between occupational gender composition and gender discrimination in recruitment and investigate whether there is hiring discrimination against men in female‐dominated occupations. We do this with a large‐scale field experiment where we submitted more than 12,000 job applications for 12 occupations in Australia, varying the gender of the applicants. Men received around 50% more callbacks than women in male‐dominated occupations, while they received over 40% fewer callbacks in female‐dominated occupations.

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  • A recent large-scale correspondence audit study in Australia found that males received substantially more (less) positive responses than females in occupations dominated by male (female) gender workers.

    “Similar findings arise from another recent large-scale correspondence audit study in Australia (with more than 12,000 applications) where males received substantially more (less) positive responses than females in occupations dominated by male (female) gender workers (Adamovic and Leibbrandt, 2022).”

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Adamovic, M., & Leibbrandt, A.
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  • King's College London (GB)
  • Monash University (AU)
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Adamovic, Mladen
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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-06-29
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62
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1
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34-59
ISSN
  • 0019-8676 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-232X
DOI
10.1111/irel.12318
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W4297887624
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Keywords
occupational gender segregation, hiring discrimination, female-dominated occupations, male-dominated occupations, callbacks, job applications, labor market discrimination

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