A Field Experiment on the Role of Socioemotional Skills and Gender for Hiring in Turkey

Nas Ozen, Efsan ; Hut, Stefan ; Levin, Victoria ; Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GENDER DISCRIMINATION;    SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS;    LABOR MARKET;    FIELD EXPERIMENT;    GENDER HIRING BIAS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-9154
RP-ID  :  WPS9154

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A vast literature shows the importanceof socioemotional skills in earnings and employment, butwhether they matter in getting hired remains unanswered.This study seeks to address this question and furtherinvestigates whether socioemotional skill signals in jobapplicants' resumes have the same value for male andfemale candidates. In a large-scale randomized audit study,an online job portal in Turkey is used to send fictitiousresumes to real job openings, collecting a unique data setthat enables investigating different stages of candidatescreening. The study finds that socioemotional skills appearto be valued only when an employer specifically asks forsuch skills in the vacancy ad. When not asked for, however,candidates can face a penalty in the form of lower callbackrates. A significant penalty is only observed for women, notfor men. The study does not find evidence of other genderdifferences in the hiring process.