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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Labor Econ. 2022 May 20;40(3):613–667. doi: 10.1086/717730

Appendix Table B2A:

Varying the Percentile, Women, Effects on Discrimination Against Older Applicants

Middle-Admin Middle-Sales Old-Admin Old-Sales
Percentile Median 95th Max Median 95th Max Median 95th Max Median 95th Max

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

Health stereotypes

Attractive (+) −0.011 −0.004 −0.006 0.043 −0.008 −0.043 * −0.000 −0.001 0.005 0.029 0.023 −0.024
(0.009) (0.007) (0.007) (0.025) (0.021) (0.019) (0.009) (0.007) (0.007) (0.019) (0.015) (0.015)
Hearing (+) −0.017 * 0.002 0.000 0.008 0.003 0.011 −0.003 0.001 −0.004 0.010 0.021 0.006
(0.007) (0.004) (0.004) (0.023) (0.015) (0.012) (0.007) (0.005) (0.005) (0.016) (0.011) (0.009)
Memory (+) −0.005 −0.007 −0.005 −0.021 0.006 −0.010 −0.016 * −0.009 0.000 −0.003 0.010 0.002
(0.007) (0.006) (0.006) (0.021) (0.020) (0.015) (0.007) (0.006) (0.006) (0.016) (0.015) (0.013)
Physical Ability (+) 0.000 −0.010 0.001 0.032 −0.031 −0.024 −0.006 −0.001 0.011 0.005 0.013 −0.010
(0.009) (0.007) (0.006) (0.025) (0.021) (0.016) (0.009) (0.007) (0.006) (0.019) (0.015) (0.013)

Personality stereotypes

Adaptable (+) −0.016 −0.012 −0.004 −0.033 −0.005 0.006 −0.009 0.002 −0.006 −0.004 −0.006 0.001
(0.010) (0.008) (0.007) (0.032) (0.023) (0.019) (0.010) (0.007) (0.007) (0.023) (0.018) (0.015)
Careful (−) 0.002 −0.001 −0.007 −0.001 0.034 0.038 * 0.014 0.003 −0.005 −0.045 * −0.025 0.002
(0.009) (0.007) (0.006) (0.031) (0.023) (0.018) (0.010) (0.007) (0.006) (0.020) (0.017) (0.014)
Creative (+) 0.030 ** 0.011 0.009 −0.007 −0.029 0.005 0.009 0.003 0.008 −0.022 0.013 0.015
(0.010) (0.007) (0.006) (0.033) (0.026) (0.018) (0.009) (0.008) (0.007) (0.024) (0.017) (0.012)
Dependable (−) 0.008 0.007 0.012 −0.020 −0.001 0.023 0.001 −0.016 * −0.002 −0.009 0.006 0.019
(0.008) (0.007) (0.006) (0.026) (0.019) (0.017) (0.008) (0.007) (0.007) (0.019) (0.014) (0.014)
Personality (+/−) −0.003 0.007 0.006 −0.007 0.003 0.013 −0.008 0.004 0.004 −0.016 −0.039 ** −0.017
(0.009) (0.006) (0.006) (0.029) (0.022) (0.014) (0.008) (0.006) (0.005) (0.020) (0.015) (0.012)

Skills stereotypes

Ability to Learn (+) 0.009 0.008 −0.003 −0.009 0.014 0.024 0.012 0.005 0.001 0.018 0.015 0.013
(0.010) (0.008) (0.007) (0.031) (0.025) (0.017) (0.010) (0.008) (0.007) (0.024) (0.019) (0.015)
Comm Skills (+/−) 0.004 −0.013 −0.001 0.023 −0.012 −0.052 ** −0.006 0.001 0.002 0.028 0.007 0.000
(0.011) (0.008) (0.007) (0.036) (0.029) (0.020) (0.011) (0.008) (0.007) (0.027) (0.019) (0.016)
Experienced (−) 0.009 −0.000 0.000 −0.039 0.005 −0.013 −0.002 0.002 −0.001 −0.005 0.000 −0.005
(0.007) (0.005) (0.005) (0.024) (0.015) (0.015) (0.007) (0.005) (0.005) (0.017) (0.009) (0.010)
Productive (+/−) −0.028 ** 0.002 0.003 0.030 0.010 −0.001 −0.001 0.006 −0.001 0.032 0.007 0.022
(0.009) (0.007) (0.007) (0.033) (0.020) (0.018) (0.009) (0.008) (0.007) (0.023) (0.015) (0.015)
Technology (+) −0.006 0.009 0.003 −0.009 −0.018 −0.000 0.009 0.005 0.001 −0.009 −0.020 −0.037 **
(0.008) (0.006) (0.006) (0.025) (0.019) (0.015) (0.008) (0.006) (0.006) (0.020) (0.014) (0.013)

N 6,822 6,822 6,827 986 986 987 7,321 7,321 7,330 1,856 1,856 1,861

Note: See notes to Table 4. There are sometimes more observations for the maximum because of ads with small numbers of trigrams for which percentiles could not be accurately calculated.

*

indicates that the estimate is statistically significant at the 5% level.

**

indicates that the estimate is statistically significant at the 1% level.