Correspondence studies are nowadays viewed as the most compelling avenue to test for hiring discrimination. However, these studies suffer from one fundamental methodological problem, as formulated by Heckman and Siegelman (The Urban Institute audit studies: Their methods and findings. In M. Fix,...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test hypotheses regarding the importance of employee preferences in explaining sticky floors, the pattern that women are, compared to men, less likely to start to climb the job ladder. Design/methodology/approach The authors use original data obtained...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender women. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conduct a scenario experiment in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or cisgender female job candidates....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the association between firm size and hiring discrimination against women, ethnic minorities and older job candidates. Design/methodology/approach: The authors merge field experimental measures on unequal treatment with firm-level data. The...