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The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market: Evidence from a field experiment

Baert, Stijn; Balcaen, Pieter - 2013

This study directly assesses the impact of military work experience compared with civilian work experience in similar jobs on the subsequent chances of being hired in the civilian labour market. It does so through a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. A statistical examination of our...

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Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Baert, Stijn; Verhofstadt, Elsy - 2013

We identify hiring discrimination against former juvenile delinquents in a direct way. To this end we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We find that labour market discrimination is indeed a major barrier in the transition to work for former juvenile delinquents. Labour...

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First Depressed, Then Discriminated Against?

Baert, Stijn; De Visschere, Sarah; Schoors, Koen; Omey, Eddy - 2014

her/his unemployment, whereas the other candidate reveals no reason for unemployment. Overall, the hypothesis that … the recruiter, we see that revealing former depression as a reason for unemployment is rewarded by female recruiters …

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Getting Grey Hairs in the Labour Market: An Alternative Experiment on Age Discrimination

Baert, Stijn; Norga, Jennifer; Thuy, Yannick; Van … - 2015

This study presents a new field experimental approach for measuring age discrimination in hiring. In addition to the classical approach in which candidates' ages are randomly assigned within pairs of fictitious resumes that are sent to real vacancies, we randomly assign activities undertaken by...

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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 - 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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