An experimental investigation of age discrimination in the French labour market
Riach, Peter A. ; Rich, Judith
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2006
17 p.
age discrimination ; discrimination ; equal employment opportunity ; men ; racial discrimination
Discussion Paper Series
2522
Human rights
English
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"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 four French towns. The rate of net discrimination found against the older French waiter, corresponds to the highest rates ever recorded anywhere, by written tests, for racial discrimination. Discrimination was higher in Paris than in the rest of France. "
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