We investigate gender discrimination and its variation between firms, occupations, and industries with a factorial …

in-person interview. The data show a very large gender gap in success rates: women's success rate is 36% lower than men …We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious …% lower than for comparable male candidates. We show that this gap is explained by reviewers engaging in gender balancing …

whether this depends on the gender of a jobseeker. First, I relate the number of hours stated on job advertisements to the … gender preferences of firms indicated in a confidential online form. Second, I analyze hiring decisions of recruiters who … same position. Hence, the gender differences cannot be explained by differences in job or workplace characteristics …

prejudices in the recruitment and selection process such as discrimination based on national and social origin, gender and sexual …