Anonymous job applications in Europe

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 1 Overview of anonymous job applications in German experiment

Process	# Applications	Anonymization	Basic descriptives	Control group(s)
1	27	Standardized Application Form	93 Percent Female	Subsequent Recruitment
			25 Percent Migrant
			25 Percent Callback Rate
2	593	Blackening	46 Percent Female	a) Past Recruitment
			29 Percent Migrant	b) Other Region (Simultaneous Recruitment)
			14 Percent Callback Rate
3	719	Blackening	64 Percent Female	–
			17 Percent Migrant
			60 Percent Callback Rate
4	128	Copying non-sensitive information in other document	2 Percent Female	–
			45 Percent Migrant
			29 Percent Callback Rate
5a	318	Standardized Application Form	60 Percent Female	Past Recruitment
			17 Percent Migrant
			17 Percent Callback Rate
5b	89	Standardized Application Form	80 Percent Female	Past Recruitment
			18 Percent Migrant
			28 Percent Callback Rate
6a	505	Blackening	76 Percent Female	Simultaneous Vacancy
			33 Percent Migrant
			14 Percent Callback Rate
6b	179	Blackening	71 Percent Female	Simultaneous Vacancy
			30 Percent Migrant
			17 Percent Callback Rate
7	248	Blackening	21 Percent Female	Fictitious Review
			34 Percent Migrant
			22 Percent Callback Rate
8	809	Refinement of Online Application	53 Percent Female	a) Past Recruitment
			3 Percent Migrant	b) Same Vacancy, but Non-Anonymized Applications
			32 Percent Callback Rate
9	92	Refinement of Online Application	27 Percent Female	a) Past Recruitment
			46 Percent Migrant	b) Other Region (Simultaneous Recruitment)
			93 Percent Callback Rate