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Getting Grey Hairs in the Labour Market : An Alternative Experiment on Age Discrimination
Baert, Stijn - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016206
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Does Labor Market Tightness Affect Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring?
Carlsson, Magnus - 2018
Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012929075
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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, Stepan; 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/10013178035
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Does labor market tightness affect ethnic discrimination in hiring?
Carlsson, Magnus; Fumarco, Luca; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2018
Several studies using observational data suggest that ethnic discrimination increases in downturns of the economy. We investigate whether ethnic discrimination depends on labor market tightness using data from correspondence studies. We utilize three correspondence studies of the Swedish labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795152
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The employability of ex-offenders : a field experiment in the Swedish labor market
Ahmed, Ali M.; Lång, Elisabeth - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 6, pp. 1-23
This paper presents the findings of a field experiment on hiring discrimination against ex-offenders in the Swedish labor market. Matched pairs of written job applications for fictitious male and female applicants with and without a past conviction of assault were sent to employers for nine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011710718
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Does China’s Fertility Policy Induce Employment Discrimination against Women in Labor Market? A Nationwide Correspondence Experiment
Li, Xun; Wen, Dan; Ye, Lin; Yu, Jiang - 2022
We apply a two-wave nationwide correspondence experiment to assess the effects of the two-child and three-child policies on employment discrimination against women in China’s labor market. Using 13,751 observations collected through this experiment, we find that the announcement of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077217
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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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Residential-based discrimination in the labor market
Mikula, Stepan; 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/10013484751