An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market
17 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2007 Last revised: 11 Sep 2024
Abstract
In a field experiment of age discrimination, pairs of men aged twenty-seven and forty-seven, inquired, by email, about employment as waiters in twenty five Spanish towns. Discrimination against the older waiters, corresponded to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination.
Keywords: field experiment, employment, discrimination, age, hiring
JEL Classification: J71, C93
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