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The Impact of Employer Discrimination on Female Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

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dc.contributor.authorAlaref, Jumana
dc.contributor.authorNikaein Towfighian, Samira
dc.contributor.authorPaez, Gustavo Nicolas
dc.contributor.authorAudah, Mohammed
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-20T14:01:44Z
dc.date.available2020-08-20T14:01:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractThe role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender-based discrimination by employers at the point of screening in Tunisia. The study sent out 1,571 fictitious and substantially identical pairs of male and female resumes in response to online job advertisements. On average, women were 2.4 percentage points more likely than men to receive a callback from an employer. However, this average effect hides substantial heterogeneity across economic sectors. In the information technology sector, women were 15 percentage points less likely to receive a callback than men. No discrimination against or in favor of women is found in engineering, whereas in marketing and finance, women were 19 and 4 percentage points more likely to receive a callback, respectively. The paper also finds that, unlike men, women may suffer from discrimination based on their physical appearance. Veiled women were 8.5 percentage points less likely to receive a callback than non-veiled women. Overall, the findings suggest that, at the point of screening, employer discrimination against women in Tunisia is sector specific, and, on its own, it cannot fully explain the complex challenge of female unemployment in the country.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876761597329961148/The-Impact-of-Employer-Discrimination-on-Female-Labor-Market-Outcomes-Experimental-Evidence-from-Tunisia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9361
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34368
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9361
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLABOR DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectWAGE DIFFERENTIAL
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectGENDER ECONOMICS
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.subjectHIRING BIAS
dc.titleThe Impact of Employer Discrimination on Female Labor Market Outcomesen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Tunisiaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleThe Impact of Employer Discrimination on Female Labor Market Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia
okr.date.disclosure2020-08-13
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876761597329961148/The-Impact-of-Employer-Discrimination-on-Female-Labor-Market-Outcomes-Experimental-Evidence-from-Tunisia
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9361
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryTunisia
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okr.statistics.dr876761597329961148
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okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Policy
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice; and Education Global Practice
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