TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Farber, Henry S
AU  - Silverman, Dan
AU  - Wachter, Till von
        TI  - Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study
        PY  - 2015/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9465
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9465
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - interim job
KW  - unemployment duration
KW  - audit study
KW  - age discrimination
        ER  -