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No Foot in the Door: An Experimental Study of Employment Discrimination Against Older Workers

Bendick, Marc, Brown, Lauren E., Wall, Kennington·1999·Journal of Aging & Social Policy

Abstract

Pairs of testers, one aged 57 and one aged 32, applied for 102 entry-level sales or management jobs in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Although their credentials described them as equally qualified, the older applicants received less favorable responses from employers 41.2% of the time. Three quarters of these differences occurred before older applicants could fully present their qualifications. The negative employer assumptions about older workers implied by these differences in outcome were seldom explicitly stated.

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  • In an audit study of age discrimination, Bendick et al. found that 76% of the measured differential treatment occurred at this initial stage of the employment process.

    “In an audit study of age discrimination, for example, Bendick et al. (1999) found that 76% of the measured differential treatment occurred at this initial stage of the employment process.”

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  • The initial stage of the employment process is likely to be most affected by the barrier of a criminal record.

    “The reason I chose to focus only on this initial stage of the employment process is because this is the stage likely to be most affected by the barrier of a criminal record.”

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Authors
Bendick, M., Brown, L. E., & Wall, K.
Venue
Journal of Aging & Social Policy
Published
1999-10-29
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
5-23
ISSN
  • 0895-9420 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-0821
OpenAlex
W1633982463
Cited by
159
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI
3.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Aging & Social Policy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
Keywords
age discrimination, older workers, hiring discrimination, job applications, employer perceptions
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Employment, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prejudice, Stereotyping, United States

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