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Do employer preferences contribute to sticky floors?
Baert, Stijn; De Pauw, Ann-Sophie; Deschacht, Nick - 2014
We investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining Sticky Floors, the pattern that women are, compared to men, less likely to start to climb the job ladder. To this end we perform a randomised field experiment in the Belgian labour market and test whether hiring discrimination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403960
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
same protocol as the original study in 2006-2007, two follow-up field experiments took place in 2013-2014 and 2018 …-2019. The study estimated that gay men experienced occupational access constraints and wage sorting in vacancies offering lower …-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604711
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
same protocol as the original study in 2006-2007, two follow-up field experiments took place in 2013-2014 and 2018 …-2019. The study estimated that gay men experienced occupational access constraints and wage sorting in vacancies offering lower …-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607746
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Residential-Based Discrimination in the Labor Market
Mikula, Štepán; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2022
Through a correspondence study, this paper investigates whether employers discriminate job applicants based on their living conditions. Exploiting the natural setting provided by a Rapid Re-housing Program, we sent 1,347 job applications for low-qualified front-desk jobs in Brno, Czech Republic....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083802
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Unemployment or overeducation : which is a worse signal to employers?
Baert, Stijn; Verhaest, Dieter - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380878
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Unemployment or Overeducation : Which is a Worse Signal to Employers?
Baert, Stijn - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050630
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Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie - 2023
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333353
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From micro data to causality : forty years of empirical labor economics
Klaauw, Bas van der - 2014
This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259620
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Duration Dependence as an Unemployment Stigma: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany
Nüß, Patrick - 2017
Based on a correspondence experiment covering 3,124 fictitious job applications, the paper identifies and quantifies duration dependence in Germany, with a particular emphasis on company and vacancy characteristics as potential determinants. The experiment reveals that duration dependence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673453
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Duration dependence as an unemployment stigma: Evidence from a field experiment in Germany
Nüß, Patrick - 2017
Based on a correspondence experiment covering 3,124 fictitious job applications, the paper identifies and quantifies duration dependence in Germany, with a particular emphasis on company and vacancy characteristics as potential determinants. The experiment reveals that duration dependence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984252