@article {Farber168, author = {Henry S. Farber and Dan Silverman and Till M. von Wachter}, title = {Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study}, volume = {3}, number = {3}, pages = {168--201}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.7758/RSF.2017.3.3.08}, publisher = {RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences}, abstract = {We use an audit study approach to investigate how unemployment duration, age, and holding a low-level interim job while applying for a better job affect the likelihood that experienced college-educated females applying for an administrative support job receive a callback from potential employers. First, the results show no relationship between callback rates and unemployment duration. Second, workers age fifty and older are significantly less likely to receive a callback. Third, taking an interim job significantly reduces the likelihood of receiving a callback. Finally, employers who have higher callback rates respond less to observable differences across workers in determining whom to call back.}, issn = {2377-8253}, URL = {https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/3/168}, eprint = {https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/3/168.full.pdf}, journal = {RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences} }