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I assume this controlled for the fact the genders don't apply to certain roles at the same rate? I mean I assume most people reading this right now are men simp
by kypro 5y ago
I assume this controlled for the fact the genders don't apply to certain roles at the same rate? I mean I assume most people reading this right now are men simply because this site is a business/tech forum and men tend to have more of an interest in these two things.
Similarly, if I got an empty job application for a rust developer role I would expect 90%+ of time it's a man applying. If it were a UI/UX designer I'd be less confident. Maybe a 50/50 split based on my experience. Were it a social media manager role, I'd then assume it was a woman.
- shultays 5y agoThe article says Male and female samples were matched 1-1, and a subset obtained by pairing up the best objectively job-appropriate male and female candidates, with a margin-of-error of 2 years, in terms of experience in their field. Thus the dataset consists of 174,000 male and 174,000 female résumés. but that is assuming you are able to match two candidates objectively. Also "with a margin-of-error of 2 years, in terms of experience in their field" is a quite a margin for junior-mid positions.