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What does a job candidate's age signal to employers?

Borm, Hannah Van; Burn, Ian; Baert, Stijn - 2019

Research has shown that hiring discrimination is a barrier for older job candidates in many OECD countries. However, little research has delved into why older job candidates are discriminated against. Therefore, we have conducted an online scenario experiment involving recruiters to empirically...

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Why is unemployment duration a sorting criterion in hiring?

Van Belle, Eva; Caers, Ralf; Couck, Marijke de; Di … - 2017

Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates’ unemployment duration as a sorting criterion. In the present study, we investigate the mechanisms underlying this pattern. To this end, we conduct a lab experiment in which participants make hiring...

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Globalization, technological change and skills : evidence from Ethiopia

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change over employment in least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization and consequent international technological transfer. Using a panel of 1,940 Ethiopian firms over the period 1996-2004 and deploying GMMSYS estimates,...

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Robots and the origin of their labour-saving impact

Montobbio, Fabio; Staccioli, Jacopo; Virgillito, Maria … - 2020

This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic environment (identity, location, industry), and identifies the technological fields particularly exposed to...

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What does someone's gender identity signal to employers?

Borm, Hannah Van; Dhoop, Marlot; Acker, Allien Van; … - 2020

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...

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Technology and employment in a vertically connected economy : a model and an empirical test

Dosi, Giovanni; Piva, M.; Virgillito, Maria Enrica; … - 2019

This paper addresses, both theoretically and empirically, the sectoral patterns of job creation and job destruction in order to distinguish the alternative effects of embodied vs disembodied technological change operating into a vertically connected economy. Disembodied technological change...

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Demand and innovation : theory and evidence

Dawid, Herbert; Pellegrino, Gabriele; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

While the extant innovation literature has provided extensive evidence of the so-called "demand-pull" effect, the … possible diverse impact of demand evolution on product vs process innovation activities has not been yet investigated. This … innovation. This prediction is then tested through a dynamic microeconometric model, controlling for R&D persistence, sample …

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May AI revolution be labour-friendly? : some micro evidence from the supply side

Damioli, Giacomo; Van Roy, Vincent; Vertesy, Daniel; … - 2021

providers of the new knowledge base. The empirical analysis is based on a worldwide longitudinal dataset of 3,500 front … positive and significant impact of AI patent families on employment, supporting the labourfriendly nature of product innovation …

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Innovation and the labor market : theory, evidence and challenges

Corrocher, Nicoletta; Moschella, Daniele; Staccioli, Jacopo - 2023

This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market, analyzing the impact of new …

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