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Duration Dependence as an Unemployment Stigma: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany
Nüß, Patrick - 2017
individual has been unemployed for 10 months, pointing to the existence of an unemployment stigma for Germany. The results are … evidence for an unemployment stigma determined by the contract type. …
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What Does a Job Candidate’s Age Signal to Employers?
Van Borm, Hannah; Burn, Ian; Baert, Stijn - 2019
Research has shown that hiring discrimination is a barrier for older job candidates in many OECD countries. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012143372
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604325
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Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities
Baert, Stijn; Verhaest, Dieter - 2018
We investigated the impact on first hiring outcomes of two main curriculum vitae (CV) characteristics by which …
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A Tale of Parallel Processes of Gender (In-)Equality: How Big is the Glass Ceilings for Mena Women?
Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal; Pastore, Francesco - 2022
In all the MENA countries considered in this study, namely Jordan Egypt and Tunisia, there has been a significant decrease in the female labor force participation rate over the last two decades. Moreover, existing analysis and the anecdotal evidence suggest that it may be problematic for women...
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Beauty and Job Accessibility: New Evidence from a Field Experiment
Deng, Weiguang; Li, Dayang; Zhou, Dong - 2019
This study uses a field experiment to resolve the difficulties of quantifying personal appearance and identify a direct causal relationship between appearance and employment in China. The experiment reveals that taste-based pure appearance discrimination exists at the pre-interview stage. There...
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Beyond the Stigma of War: Russian Migrants in Kazakhstan's Labour Market
Abdulla, Kanat; Mourelatos, Evangelos - 2024
In this study, we investigate the employers' attitude towards Russian migrants in Kazakhstan's labor market. We conduct a field experiment by sending over 1600 fictitious job applications to real job openings posted on one of the largest job search portals in the country. The job applicants...
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The Economics of Being LGBT. A Review: 2015-2020
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
This paper reviews studies on LGBT workplace outcomes published between 2015 and 2020. In terms of earnings differences, in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia, gay men were found to experience earnings penalties of 7% in comparison to heterosexual men, bisexual men experienced earnings...
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Sexual Orientation and Earnings. A Meta-Analysis 2012-2020
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
This meta-analysis utilizes 24 papers published between 2012-2020 that focus on earnings differences by sexual orientation. The papers cover the period between 1991 and 2018, and countries in Europe, North America and Australia. The meta-analysis indicates that gay men earned less than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545968
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What Does Someone’s Gender Identity Signal to Employers?
Van Borm, Hannah; Dhoop, Marlot; Van Acker, Allien; … - 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender … fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or cisgender male job candidates. More importantly, these candidates are … scored on statements related to theoretical reasons for hiring discrimination given in the literature. The resulting data are …
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