Date: 2022
Type: Article
Your resume is your gatekeeper : automated resume screening as a strategy to reduce gender gaps in hiring
Economics letters, 2022, Vol. 221, Art. 110892, OnlineOnly
PISANELLI, Elena, Your resume is your gatekeeper : automated resume screening as a strategy to reduce gender gaps in hiring, Economics letters, 2022, Vol. 221, Art. 110892, OnlineOnly
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74981
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Firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for hiring. The literature prompts concerns about such AI algorithms hindering gender equality in employment outcomes. Using a unique field study, I find human recruiters’ gender stereotypes lead to women having 69% lower chances of being interviewed for a gender-neutral job, compared to equally qualified men. Introducing automated resume screening shrinks such a gender gap by 43 percentage points.
Additional information:
Published online: 19 October 2022
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74981
Full-text via DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110892
ISSN: 0165-1765; 1873-7374
Publisher: Elsevier
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