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Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies Are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...

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Growth, Development, and Technological Change

Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

structure of endogenous growth models with horizontal as well as vertical innovation and emphasizing important implications for …

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Risky Human Capital Investment, Income Distribution, and Macroeconomic Dynamics

Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper analyzes the interaction between intergenerational wealth transmission, human capital investments under uninsurable labor income risk, and economic growth in a small open overlapping-generations economy with heterogeneous agents. It demonstrates how the role of the personal income...

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Entrepreneurial Innovation and Sustained Long-Run Growth without Weak or Strong Scale Effects

Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

R&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (“strong scale effect”) or the level of per capita income (“weak scale effect”), with far-reaching policy implications. However, for modern times there is little empirical...

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Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy

Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M.; Trimborn, Timo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...

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Protestantism and Education: Reading (the Bible) and Other Skills

Boppart, Timo; Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

be led back to the intrinsic motivation of Protestants to read the bible and whether other education motives were … hypothesis. However, Protestants’ education motives went beyond reading the bible. …

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Pareto-Improving Bequest Taxation

Grossmann, Volker; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Altruistic parents may transfer resources to their offspring by providing education, and by leaving bequests. We show … with only intended bequests, by enhancing incentives of parents to invest in their children’s education. This result holds …

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Unemployment or Overeducation: Which is a Worse Signal to Employers?

Baert, Stijn; Verhaest, Dieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This study aims at estimating the stigma effect of unemployment and overeducation within one framework. To this end, we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We send out trios of fictitious male job applications to real vacancies. These applications differ only by the labour...

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Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions

Baert, Stijn; Decuypere, Lynn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of...

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Overeducation at the Start of the Career: Stepping Stone or Trap?

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Verhaest, Dieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate … or delay the transition into a job that matches their level of education. We adopt the Timing of Events approach to … started searching for a job right after leaving formal education. We find that overeducation is a trap. This trap is …

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