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Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation

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Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation. / Hu, Yang; Denier, Nicole; Ding, Lei et al.
In: PNAS Nexus, 08.11.2024.

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Hu, Y, Denier, N, Ding, L, Tarafdar, M, Konnikov, A, Hughes, KD, Hu, S, Knowles, B, Shi, E, Alshehabi Al-Ani, J, Rets, I, Kong, L, Yu, D, Dai, H & Jiang, B 2024, 'Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation', PNAS Nexus.

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Hu, Y., Denier, N., Ding, L., Tarafdar, M., Konnikov, A., Hughes, K. D., Hu, S., Knowles, B., Shi, E., Alshehabi Al-Ani, J., Rets, I., Kong, L., Yu, D., Dai, H., & Jiang, B. (in press). Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation. PNAS Nexus.

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Hu Y, Denier N, Ding L, Tarafdar M, Konnikov A, Hughes KD et al. Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Nov 8.

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Hu, Yang ; Denier, Nicole ; Ding, Lei et al. / Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation. In: PNAS Nexus. 2024.

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title = "Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation",
abstract = "Job advertisements (ads) represent the first point of contact between employers and job seekers. By signaling characteristics expected of an ideal candidate, job ads “gatekeep” the labor force and configure its composition. Meanwhile, labor force composition can also shape the wording of job ads. This study develops a multidimensional inventory of gender and EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion) language in job ads. Applying this inventory, it adopts an instrumental-variable approach to disentangle the reciprocal relationships between gender/EDI language in job ads and labor force gender/racial composition. Drawing on the analysis of 28.6 million job ads in the United Kingdom in combination with labor force statistics between 2018 and 2023, the findings reveal three distinct mechanisms through which the bidirectional interplay between language in job ads and labor force composition (re)produces or disrupts labor force gender/racial segregation. They highlight both the benefits and limitations of intervening in the language used in job ads to help reduce labor force gender/racial segregation. ",
author = "Yang Hu and Nicole Denier and Lei Ding and Monideepa Tarafdar and Alla Konnikov and Hughes, {Karen D.} and Shenggang Hu and Bran Knowles and Enze Shi and {Alshehabi Al-Ani}, Jabir and Irina Rets and Linglong Kong and Dengdeng Yu and Hongsheng Dai and Bei Jiang",
year = "2024",
month = nov,
day = "8",
language = "English",
journal = "PNAS Nexus",
issn = "2752-6542",
publisher = "Oxford University Press (OUP)",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Language in job advertisements and the reproduction of labor force gender and racial segregation

AU - Hu, Yang

AU - Denier, Nicole

AU - Ding, Lei

AU - Tarafdar, Monideepa

AU - Konnikov, Alla

AU - Hughes, Karen D.

AU - Hu, Shenggang

AU - Knowles, Bran

AU - Shi, Enze

AU - Alshehabi Al-Ani, Jabir

AU - Rets, Irina

AU - Kong, Linglong

AU - Yu, Dengdeng

AU - Dai, Hongsheng

AU - Jiang, Bei

PY - 2024/11/8

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N2 - Job advertisements (ads) represent the first point of contact between employers and job seekers. By signaling characteristics expected of an ideal candidate, job ads “gatekeep” the labor force and configure its composition. Meanwhile, labor force composition can also shape the wording of job ads. This study develops a multidimensional inventory of gender and EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion) language in job ads. Applying this inventory, it adopts an instrumental-variable approach to disentangle the reciprocal relationships between gender/EDI language in job ads and labor force gender/racial composition. Drawing on the analysis of 28.6 million job ads in the United Kingdom in combination with labor force statistics between 2018 and 2023, the findings reveal three distinct mechanisms through which the bidirectional interplay between language in job ads and labor force composition (re)produces or disrupts labor force gender/racial segregation. They highlight both the benefits and limitations of intervening in the language used in job ads to help reduce labor force gender/racial segregation.

AB - Job advertisements (ads) represent the first point of contact between employers and job seekers. By signaling characteristics expected of an ideal candidate, job ads “gatekeep” the labor force and configure its composition. Meanwhile, labor force composition can also shape the wording of job ads. This study develops a multidimensional inventory of gender and EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion) language in job ads. Applying this inventory, it adopts an instrumental-variable approach to disentangle the reciprocal relationships between gender/EDI language in job ads and labor force gender/racial composition. Drawing on the analysis of 28.6 million job ads in the United Kingdom in combination with labor force statistics between 2018 and 2023, the findings reveal three distinct mechanisms through which the bidirectional interplay between language in job ads and labor force composition (re)produces or disrupts labor force gender/racial segregation. They highlight both the benefits and limitations of intervening in the language used in job ads to help reduce labor force gender/racial segregation.

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JO - PNAS Nexus

JF - PNAS Nexus

SN - 2752-6542

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