Do employers prefer fathers? Evidence from a field experiment testing the gender by parenthood interaction effect on callbacks to job applications.

Autor/inn/en	Bygren, Magnus; Erlandsson, Anni; Gähler, Michael
Titel	Do employers prefer fathers? Evidence from a field experiment testing the gender by parenthood interaction effect on callbacks to job applications. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Werden Väter von Arbeitgebern bevorzugt? Befunde aus einem Feldexperiment zur Untersuchung der Wirkungen von Gender und Elternschaft bei Rückmeldungen auf Bewerbungen.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 33 (2017) 3, S. 337-348Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcx051
Schlagwörter	Vater; Eltern; Diskriminierung; Sozialer Status; Personalauswahl; Arbeitsmarktchance; Qualifikationsniveau; Bewerbung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Schweden
Abstract	"In research on fatherhood premiums and motherhood penalties in career-related outcomes, employers' discriminatory behaviours are often argued to constitute a possible explanation for observed gender gaps. However, there is as yet no conclusive evidence of such discrimination. Utilizing a field experiment design, we test (i) whether job applicants are subject to recruitment discrimination on the basis of their gender and parenthood status, and (ii) whether discrimination by gender and parenthood is conditional on the qualifications required by the job applied for. We applied for 2,144 jobs in the Swedish labour market, randomly assigning gender and parenthood status to fictitious job applicants. Based on the rate of callbacks, we do not find that employers practise systematic recruitment discrimination on the basis of the job applicants' gender or parental status, neither in relation to less qualified nor more highly qualified jobs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/1