A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Do Men Favor Men in Recruitment? A Field Experiment in the Swedish Labor Market
Authors: Erlandsson Anni
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Work and Occupations
Journal name in source: WORK AND OCCUPATIONS
Journal acronym: WORK OCCUPATION
Volume: 46
Issue: 3
First page : 239
Last page: 264
Number of pages: 26
ISSN: 0730-8884
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888419849467
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1177/0730888419849467
Abstract
Utilizing a field experiment design, this article examines whether discrimination based on any combination of job applicant gender and recruiter gender occurs in the first stage of the recruitment process, that is, selecting applicants to be contacted. This study includes 1,643 job applications in the Swedish labor market. Overall, based on the callbacks received, male recruiters, unlike female recruiters, are found to contact male applicants more often than female applicants. The results show a pro-male bias by male recruiters in gender-mixed occupations, whereas no significant gender differences in callbacks by recruiter gender are found in male- and female-dominated occupations.
Utilizing a field experiment design, this article examines whether discrimination based on any combination of job applicant gender and recruiter gender occurs in the first stage of the recruitment process, that is, selecting applicants to be contacted. This study includes 1,643 job applications in the Swedish labor market. Overall, based on the callbacks received, male recruiters, unlike female recruiters, are found to contact male applicants more often than female applicants. The results show a pro-male bias by male recruiters in gender-mixed occupations, whereas no significant gender differences in callbacks by recruiter gender are found in male- and female-dominated occupations.
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