@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp2654, author={Riach, Peter A. and Rich, Judy}, title={An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market}, year={2007}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={2654}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2654}, abstract={In a field experiment of age discrimination, pairs of men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired, by email, about employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination.}, keywords={field experiment;employment;discrimination;age;hiring}, }