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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 A1:

Text of Trigrams at the 95th Percentile of CS Scores within Job Ads

Trigrams closest to 1 standard deviation above mean
Mean 95th percentile 2 trigrams below 1 trigram below Exactly 1 standard deviation above the mean 1 trigram above 2 trigrams above
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Attractive friendly articulate personality position seek energetic interpersonal skills valued passion fashion luxury ships museum looking cheerful ability multitask
Hearing benefits package consideration bridges eye care paper work filing hour noncommissioned officers regard billing procedures community seeking evening
Memory applicant must good background retail knowledge oriented ability follow time frame attitude directs person matter excel spreadsheets different
Physically able assistant position available fast paced fun experience preferred necessary work preferred necessary required flexibility required anything required help
Adaptable making learning agility must reliable apply duties needed excellent dedicated providing well individual fast learner moment respectful willing
Careful computer skills required basis important able utmost professionalism integrity processing payments must requirements need really assistant good verbal
Creative position energetic detail support vp marketing office experience ability involves spearheading independent professional personal presentation experience skills essential
Dependable media reputation management reliable transportation needed service skills critical hours retirees welcome professional attitude well experience excellent telephone
Personality women feel con correct visual image attention detail outstanding outgoing highly motivated associate tribeca passion luxury experience previous
Ability to learn word excel must sales skills managing communication skills competency career using cashiering excellent people communication abilities ability complete
Communication skills politeness absolutely fundamental backend customers required skills abilities ability client relation skills filing typing computer communication organizational skills
Experienced evenings weekends requires computer knowledge exciting duties qualifications experience level gain exposure quickly become one full time receptionist
Productive fun eventful one banker seeking ambitious computer literate interested tasks experience necessary organization efficiency must player good communication
Technology paced integrative medical ability learn new willingness learn new social media google communication skills proficiency computer skills proficiency

Note: For each stereotype, we construct the distribution of trigrams at the 95th percentile of all trigrams in a job ad. We identify the trigram that is closest to the mean 95th percentile trigram and the trigram that is closest to one standard deviation above the median. We also show the two trigrams immediately below 1 standard deviation above the mean 95th percentile (columns 2 and 3) and the two trigrams immediately above 1 standard deviation above the mean 95th percentile (columns 5 and 6). The CS scores in columns (2), (3), (5), and (6) were very close to those in column (4), for each row. For example, in the first row (Attractive), the CS scores in columns (2)–(6) ranged from 0.3772 to 0.3776. The CS score in column (1) was 0.3082.