Using correspondence testing, we investigate if employers discriminate against women
based on stereotypes or prejudices. We sent four (two pairs of fictitious man–woman) …

Since 1983, more than 70 employment audit experiments, carried out in more than 26
countries across five continents, have randomized the gender of fictitious applicants to …

Gender discrimination is often regarded as an important driver of women's disadvantage in
the labour market, yet earlier studies show mixed results. However, because different …

A preregistered meta-analysis, including 244 effect sizes from 85 field audits and 361,645
individual job applications, tested for gender bias in hiring practices in female-stereotypical …

An audit study is a specific type of field experiment primarily used to test for discriminatory
behavior when survey and interview questions induce social desirability bas. In this chapter …

Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than
men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at “risk” of pregnancy …

Despite increased female educational attainment and labor market participation, labor
markets around the world remain characterized by vertical and horizontal gender …

We analyze the relationship between occupational gender composition and gender
discrimination in recruitment and investigate whether there is hiring discrimination against …

There is a long-standing debate on whether extensive Nordic family policies have the
intended equalizing effect on family and gender differences in economic outcomes. This …

Although observational studies from many countries have consistently shown that
motherhood negatively affects women's wages, experimental findings on its effect on the …