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Title: Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study
Authors: Farber, Henry S.
Silverman, Dan
Von Wachter, Till
Issue Date: Oct-2015
Series/Report no.: Working Papers (Princeton University. Industrial Relations Section) ; 592
Abstract: We use an audit study approach to investigate how unemployment duration, age, and holding a low-level "interim" job affect the likelihood that experienced college- educated females applying for an administrative support job receive a callback from a potential employer. First, the results show no relationship between callback rates and the duration of unemployment. Second, workers age 50 and older are significantly less likely to receive a callback. Third, taking an interim job significantly reduces the likelihood of receiving a callback. Finally, employers who have higher callback rates respond less to observable differences across workers in determining whom to call back. We interpret these results in the context of a model of employer learning about applicant quality.
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp019019s485g
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