Conséquences du CV anonyme sur les chances d’embauche

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.