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What does a job candidate's age signal to employers?

Hannah Van Borm (UGent) , Ian Burn and Stijn Baert (UGent)
(2021) LABOUR ECONOMICS. 71.
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Research has shown that hiring discrimination is a barrier for older job candidates in many OECD countries. However, little research has delved into why these job candidates face discrimination. Therefore, we have con-ducted an online scenario experiment involving recruiters to empirically investigate 15 potential stigmas related to older age drawn from a systematic review of the literature. We found that older age particularly signals to recruiters that the applicant has lower technological skills, flexibility, and trainability levels. Together, these per-ceptions explain about 41% of the effect of age on the probability of being invited to a job interview. Additionally, we found that the negative association between age and the invitation to interview probability is smaller when recruiters work for firms with a higher percentage of older employees.
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Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, hiring, statistical discrimination, age, stereotypes

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MLA
Van Borm, Hannah, et al. “What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers?” LABOUR ECONOMICS, vol. 71, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102003.
APA
Van Borm, H., Burn, I., & Baert, S. (2021). What does a job candidate’s age signal to employers? LABOUR ECONOMICS, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102003
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Van Borm, Hannah, Ian Burn, and Stijn Baert. 2021. “What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers?” LABOUR ECONOMICS 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102003.
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Van Borm, Hannah, Ian Burn, and Stijn Baert. 2021. “What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers?” LABOUR ECONOMICS 71. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102003.
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Van Borm H, Burn I, Baert S. What does a job candidate’s age signal to employers? LABOUR ECONOMICS. 2021;71.
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H. Van Borm, I. Burn, and S. Baert, “What does a job candidate’s age signal to employers?,” LABOUR ECONOMICS, vol. 71, 2021.
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