An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the French Labour Market

In a field experiment of age discrimination, pairs of men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired, by email, about employment as waiters in twenty four French towns. The rate of net discrimination found against the older French waiter, corresponds to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. Discrimination was higher in Paris than in the rest of France.

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Year of publication:	2006-12
Authors:	Riach, Peter A. ; Rich, Judith
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	age \| discrimination \| employment \| field experiment \| hiring

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 2522 20 pages
Classification:	J71 - Discrimination ; C93 - Field Experiments
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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