Appendix Table B1A:

Varying the Number of Words in Phrases, Women, Effects on Discrimination Against Older Applicants

	Middle-Admin			Middle-Sales			Old-Admin			Old-Sales
# words in phrase	2	3	4	2	3	4	2	3	4	2	3	4
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
Health stereotypes
Attractive (+)	−0.006	−0.004	−0.007	−0.009	−0.008	−0.014	0.002	−0.001	−0.007	0.013	0.023	0.018
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.020)	(0.021)	(0.022)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.016)
Hearing (+)	0.003	0.002	−0.001	0.009	0.003	0.001	−0.002	0.001	−0.003	0.023	0.021	0.028 *
	(0.005)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.014)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.012)	(0.011)	(0.011)
Memory (+)	−0.007	−0.007	−0.006	−0.023	0.006	0.002	−0.007	−0.009	−0.007	−0.003	0.010	0.009
	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.019)	(0.020)	(0.020)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.016)	(0.015)	(0.015)
Physical Ability (+)	−0.014 *	−0.010	−0.010	−0.051 *	−0.031	−0.030	0.008	−0.001	−0.003	−0.001	0.013	0.016
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.022)	(0.021)	(0.020)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.017)	(0.015)	(0.015)
Personality stereotypes
Adaptable (+)	−0.008	−0.012	−0.008	0.007	−0.005	−0.002	−0.003	0.002	0.005	0.008	−0.006	−0.019
	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.023)	(0.023)	(0.024)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.017)	(0.018)	(0.019)
Careful (−)	−0.001	−0.001	−0.003	0.048*	0.034	0.026	−0.001	0.003	0.004	−0.006	−0.025	−0.034 *
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.022)	(0.023)	(0.023)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.018)	(0.017)	(0.017)
Creative (+)	0.008	0.011	0.012	−0.027	−0.029	−0.015	−0.002	0.003	0.010	0.026	0.013	0.015
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.026)	(0.026)	(0.025)	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.016)	(0.017)	(0.016)
Dependable (−)	0.011	0.007	0.010	−0.005	−0.001	0.023	−0.014	−0.016 *	−0.003	−0.011	0.006	0.012
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.019)	(0.019)	(0.020)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.015)	(0.014)	(0.014)
Personality (+/−)	0.006	0.007	0.007	0.012	0.003	0.016	0.012	0.004	0.003	−0.035 *	−0.039 **	−0.033 *
	(0.007)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.020)	(0.022)	(0.021)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.014)
Skills stereotypes
Ability to Learn (+)	0.014	0.008	0.012	0.028	0.014	0.028	−0.002	0.005	0.006	0.020	0.015	0.020
	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.025)	(0.025)	(0.023)	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.020)	(0.019)	(0.018)
Comm Skills (+/−)	−0.015	−0.013	−0.019 *	−0.008	−0.012	−0.045	0.002	0.001	−0.007	0.005	0.007	−0.002
	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.030)	(0.029)	(0.025)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.020)	(0.019)	(0.019)
Experienced (−)	0.001	−0.000	−0.001	0.008	0.005	0.002	−0.003	0.002	0.005	−0.010	0.000	−0.007
	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.014)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.009)	(0.009)	(0.010)
Productive (+/−)	−0.002	0.002	0.002	−0.004	0.010	−0.020	0.006	0.006	−0.004	0.012	0.007	0.024
	(0.007)	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.019)	(0.020)	(0.022)	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.015)	(0.015)	(0.017)
Technology (+)	0.009	0.009	0.007	−0.019	−0.018	0.001	0.008	0.005	0.003	−0.030 *	−0.020	−0.015
	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.017)	(0.019)	(0.019)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.014)
N	6,822	6,822	6,821	986	986	986	7,321	7,321	7,320	1,856	1,856	1,856

Note: See notes to Table 4.

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

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