TY - JOUR
T1 - The Age Twist in Employers’ Gender Requests →
AU - Helleseter, Miguel Delgado
AU - Kuhn, Peter
AU - Shen, Kailing
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - On one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, firms’ explicit gender requests shift dramatically away from women and towards men when firms are seeking older (as opposed to younger) workers. Observed characteristics of job ads can account for 65 percent of this “age twist”; within this “explained” component, employers’ requests for older male managers and for young women in customer contact and helping positions account for more than half. Based on its timing, the remainder of the twist, which occurs within job titles, appears to be connected to a differential effect of parenthood on firms’ requests for men versus women.
AB - On one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, firms’ explicit gender requests shift dramatically away from women and towards men when firms are seeking older (as opposed to younger) workers. Observed characteristics of job ads can account for 65 percent of this “age twist”; within this “explained” component, employers’ requests for older male managers and for young women in customer contact and helping positions account for more than half. Based on its timing, the remainder of the twist, which occurs within job titles, appears to be connected to a differential effect of parenthood on firms’ requests for men versus women.
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U2 - 10.3368/jhr.55.3.0416-7836R2
DO - 10.3368/jhr.55.3.0416-7836R2
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 55
SP - 428
EP - 469
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 2
ER -