Does the Name Still Matter? A Longitudinal Correspondence Study of Hiring Discrimination by Ethnicity and Gender in a Nordic Labour Market
Akhlaq Ahmad · 2026
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Description
Akhlaq Ahmad examines hiring bias in Finland in a 2026 study that spans eight years. Ahmad sent matched job applications that differed only in the name, which signaled ethnic background and gender. The study asks whether bias against second generation immigrants has changed over time.
Two large field tests, in 2016 and 2024, sent 10,000 applications to 2,000 jobs across five sectors. Bias against non-European applicants fell a lot, and non-European men gained the most ground. Bias toward European origin candidates did not improve, and the gap for European origin men stayed flat. Immigrant applicants still got fewer callbacks than Finnish ones in both years. Ahmad argues that a fair job market is a long term goal, not a quick fix.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Akhlaq Ahmad |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 68 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |