Whom Do Employers Want? The Role of Recent Employment and Unemployment Status and Age

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Farber, Henry S.; Herbst, Chris M.; Silverman, Dan; von Wachter, Till
• 署名单位: Princeton University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/700184
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 323-349
• 关键词: labor-market; job loss; workers

摘要

We use a resume audit study to investigate the role of employment and unemployment histories in callbacks to job applications. We find that applicants with 52 weeks of unemployment have a lower callback rate than those with shorter spells. There is no relationship, however, between spell length and callback among applicants with spells of 24 weeks or less. We also find that both younger and older applicants have a lower callback probability than prime-aged applicants. Finally, we find that applicants who are employed at the time of application have a lower callback rate than do unemployed applicants.