Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence

We evaluate the effectiveness of wage subsidies as a policy instrument to integrate disabled individuals into the labour market. To identify causal effects, we conduct a large-scale field experiment in Belgium. Our results show that the likelihood of a disabled candidate receiving a positive response to a job application is not positively influenced by revealing entitlement to the Flemish Supporting Subsidy.

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Year of publication:	2014-07
Authors:	Baert, Stijn
Institutions:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	wage subsidies \| disability \| labour market policy evaluation \| discrimination

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	forthcoming in: European Journal of Health Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-014-0656-7 Number 8318 33 pages
Classification:	I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; J78 - Public Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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