SEX-DISCRIMINATION IN RESTAURANT HIRING - AN AUDIT STUDY

In an audit study of sex discrimination in hiring, comparably matched pairs of men and women applied for jobs as waiters and waitresses at r estaurants in Philadelphia In high-price restaurants (where earnings a re higher), job applications from women had an estimated probability o f receiving a job offer that was lower by about 0.4, and an estimated probability of receiving an interview that was lower by about 0.35. Bo th estimated differentials are statistically significant. Additional e vidence suggests that customer discrimination partly underlies the hir ing discrimination.