Conséquences du CV anonyme sur les chances d'embauche
Do anonymous resumes make the field more even? Evidence from a randomized field experiment (SEANCE EN FRANCAIS)
Présenté par Thomas Le Barbanchon (CREST)- Discutante : Dominique Meurs (Université Paris Ouest - INED)
This paper provides experimental evidence on the impact of
anonymous resumes in France. First, for job offers with male and
female applicants, women benefit from higher callback rates under
the anonymous resumes procedure. Second, and in a much less
expected way, applicants from foreign background or residents in
deprived neighborhoods witness a decrease in their relative chances
to be interviewed, as compared to the reference group. Third, we
find evidence that anonymous resumes counter homophily in the
hiring process: they undo the tendency of female recruiters to
select female applicants, and of male recruiters to select male
applicants. Interestingly, this effect persists at later stages of
the hiring process, so that anonymous resumes in effect equalize
the chances of applicants of both genders to be interviewed and
finally hired, irrespective of the gender of the
recruiter.