-based discrimination in the Indian private sector. On average low-caste applicants need to send 20 percent more resumes than high … and low-caste applicants are not entirely due to statistical discrimination. High-caste applicants are also differentially … operations. This finding is consistent with taste-based theories of discrimination and with commitments made by large firms to …

We link two important ideas: attention is scarce and lack of information about an individual drives discrimination in … "attention discrimination": less attention in highly selective cherry-picking markets, where more attention helps applicants, and … persistence of discrimination in selection decisions, returns to human capital and, potentially, for policy. …

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 five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates … ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. …

Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination in hiring. A twenty … retail sales. The rate of net discrimination against the older graduate, and against the older waiters in their London … inquiries, correspond to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. There was a …

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 …

Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications … have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended …