two applicants differ with respect to characteristics such as gender, age, education, experience, ethnicity, religious … the firms' cost of uncertainty in hiring - through more firm co-payment in the sickness benefit system - may reduce hiring …, but does not affect the degree of discrimination. Also, there are only small differences in the degree of discrimination …

often have lower employment rates, and the duration of unemployment increases with age. These patterns may reflect age and … of demand effects by analyzing whether employers use information about a job applicant's age and gender in their hiring … decline is steeper for women than for men. These results indicate that age discrimination is a widespread phenomenon affecting …

relationship between age and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for additional options in Swiss social health insurance. Through discrete …

Anonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to combat employment discrimination. The idea …

This paper presents the first field experiment on sexual orientation discrimination in the hiring process in the … sexual orientation were randomly assigned to applications. The results show that sexual orientation discrimination exists in … the Swedish labor market. The discrimination against gays and lesbian varies across different occupations and appears only …

discrimination, such as the searchers' ethnicity, gender, age and employment status, affect the number of contacts they receive from … nobserved heterogeneity better than most existing studies of discrimination. We find that, even when we control for other … that this matters for the hiring outcome: Searchers who receive more contacts have a higher probability of actually getting …

We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial …/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling …. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in education at the time the test is taken reduces their role in accounting …

This paper provides evidence on discrimination in the hiring process. We use data generated from a “policy experiment …” conducted at the Swedish public employment offices. Individuals registered at these offices can post their qualifications in a … explained by discrimination. Our results concerning ethnic discrimination are less conclusive, probably due to measurement …

discrimination, such as the searchers’ ethnicity, gender, age and employment status, affect the number of contacts they receive from … unobserved heterogeneity better than most existing studies of discrimination. We find that, even when we control for all other … that this matters for the hiring outcome: Searchers who receive more contacts have a higher probability of actually getting …