TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle
AU  - Rinne, Ulf
AU  - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
        TI  - Anonymous Job Applications in Europe
        PY  - 2012/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7096
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7096
        AB  - Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries such as Sweden, France and the Netherlands field experiments were recently conducted. Also in Germany, a large field experiment has examined the practicability and potentials of this approach. Against the background of the recent German findings as novel evidence, this paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this new policy proposal.
        KW  - anonymous job applications
KW  - hiring
KW  - discrimination
        ER  -