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The Age Twist in Employers’ Gender Requests: Evidence from Four Job Boards

Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Peter Kuhn and Kailing Shen
Published online before print October 16, 2018, 0416-7836R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0416-7836R2
Miguel Delgado Helleseter
Miguel Delgado Helleseter is an assistant professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands. Peter Kuhn () is a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a research associate of the NBER and IZA. Kailing Shen is a senior lecturer at the Australian National University and a research fellow at IZA.
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Miguel Delgado Helleseter is an assistant professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands. Peter Kuhn () is a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a research associate of the NBER and IZA. Kailing Shen is a senior lecturer at the Australian National University and a research fellow at IZA.
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Miguel Delgado Helleseter is an assistant professor of economics at California State University, Channel Islands. Peter Kuhn () is a distinguished professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a research associate of the NBER and IZA. Kailing Shen is a senior lecturer at the Australian National University and a research fellow at IZA.
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Abstract

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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Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Peter Kuhn, Kailing Shen
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