The effects of age and family constraints on gender hiring discrimination: A field experiment in the French financial sector

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-391

  Petit, Pascale ^a  

^a DARES   (France)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Hiring discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247236066     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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