Nunn, Alex, Bickerstaffe, Tim, Hogarth, Terence, Bosworth, Derek L., Green, Anne E. and Owen, David (2010) Postcode selection? Employers' use of area and address-based information shortcuts in recruitment decisions. Norwich: Department for Work and Pensions.

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Abstract

Between the mid-1990s and the onset of the 2007/08 economic crisis a strong labour demand appeared to coexist with high levels of worklessness, especially concentrated in deprived areas. Area-based discrimination by employers is one suggested cause of spatially concentrated worklessness, but there is currently limited evidence to support this. This research was commissioned to investigate whether area-based discrimination exists and is part of the explanation for worklessness in deprived areas. The work also considers the value of using employer information networks to combat inaccurate stereotypical perceptions by employers. The project involved a literature review as well as qualitative fieldwork and an analysis of quantitative data.

Item Type:	Report
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Employee selection, Employees -- Recruiting
Publisher:	Department for Work and Pensions
Place of Publication:	Norwich
ISBN:	9781847127822
Official Date:	July 2010
Dates:	Date Event July 2010 Published
Number:	No.664
Number of Pages:	86
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Description:	Research Report No 664

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