<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Correspondence tests on discrimination usually report only whether an applicant was invited for a job interview or not. Yet, data from a field experiment in Switzerland demonstrate that candidates with the same outcome are not necessarily treated equally. The paper complements correspondence test results with information on the time elapsed until candidates were contacted, as well as qualitative differences in invitation or rejection emails.</p></abstract>

Correspondence tests on discrimination usually report only whether an applicant was invited for a job interview or not. Yet, data from a field experiment in Switzerland demonstrate that candidates with the same outcome are not necessarily treated equally. The paper complements correspondence test results with information on the time elapsed until candidates were contacted, as well as qualitative differences in invitation or rejection emails.

Equal Outcomes, but Different Treatment – Subtle Discrimination in Email Responses From a Correspondence Test in Switzerland

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Correspondence tests on discrimination usually report only whether an applicant was invited for a job interview or not. Yet, data from a field experiment in...

Equal Outcomes, but Different Treatment – Subtle Discrimination in Email Responses From a Correspondence Test in Switzerland

Published Online: Aug 17, 2019

Page range: 143 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0007

Keywords
correspondence test, Switzerland, labour market, subtle discrimination

© 2019 Eva Zschirnt, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Equal Outcomes, but Different Treatment – Subtle Discrimination in Email Responses From a Correspondence Test in Switzerland

Published Online: Aug 17, 2019

Page range: 143 - 160

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0007

Keywordscorrespondence test, Switzerland, labour market, subtle discrimination

© 2019 Eva Zschirnt, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
correspondence test, Switzerland, labour market, subtle discrimination