Tag
hiring_bias
2 findings
Labour & employmentAnonymized Selection Mechanisms and Bias ReductionBlind auditions increased the probability that female musicians advanced from preliminary rounds and were hired by major orchestras. However, mandatory resume anonymization or hiding criminal history records generated mixed or negative unintended consequences in certain corporate screening contexts.RCTLabour & employmentEthnic Name Hiring DiscriminationChanging an applicant name from an English-sounding name to an Indian, Pakistani, or Chinese name reduced interview callbacks by 4.4 percentage points (from 15.7% down to 11.3%), meaning English-named applicants were 39% more likely to receive a callback. Resumes with Greek names experienced a statistically significant 4.0 percentage point reduction in callback rates compared to English names.Observational Study