%0 Report
        %A Farber, Henry S
%A Silverman, Dan
%A Wachter, Till von
        %T Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study
        %D 2015
        %8 2015 Oct
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 9465
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9465
        %X 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.
        %K interim job
%K unemployment duration
%K audit study
%K age discrimination