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...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...