On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions

• Main Authors: SCHAERER, Michael, PLESSIS, Christilene Du, NGUYEN, My Hoang, van AERT, Robbie C. M., TIOKKIN, Leo, LAKENS, Daniel, CLEMENTE, Elena G., PFEIFFER, Thomas, DREBER, Anna, JOHANNESSON, Magnus, CLARK, Cory J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Gender; Discrimination; Field experiments; Meta-analysis; Open science; Forecasting; Gender and Sexuality; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7348; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8347/viewcontent/TrajectoryDiscrimination_pvoa_cc_by.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A preregistered meta-analysis, including 244 effect sizes from 85 field audits and 361,645 individual job applications, tested for gender bias in hiring practices in female-stereotypical and gender-balanced as well as male-stereotypical jobs from 1976 to 2020. A “red team” of independent experts was...