Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination inhiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a newgraduate was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employmentas waiters; women aged...

Carefully-matched pairs of written job applications were made to test for age discrimination in hiring. A twenty-one year-old and a thirty-nine year-old woman applied for jobs where a quot;new graduatequot; was sought; men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired about employment as waiters;...

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,...

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...