Is There Less Discrimination in Occupations Where Recruitment Is Difficult?
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The authors empirically test the cross-sectional relationship between hiring discrimination and labor market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, they conduct a correspondence test in the youth labor market. In line with theoretical expectations, results show that, compared to natives, candidates with a foreign-sounding name are equally often invited to a job interview if they apply for occupations for which vacancies are difficult to fill; but, they have to send out twice as many applications for occupations for which labor market tightness is low. Findings are robust to various sensitivity checks.
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Baert et al. (2015) found lower discrimination in high-demand occupations than in low-demand occupations in Belgium.
“However, Baert et al. (2015) find lower discrimination in high-demand occupations than in low-demand occupations in Belgium.”
From Comparative Perspectives on Racial Discrimination in Hiring: The Rise of Field Experiments (2021) · cites this paper as Baert et al. (2015)
Baert et al. (2015) found less discrimination for high-demand occupations in the Netherlands.
“However, a study of occupations subject to high demand (bottleneck occupations) in the Netherlands finds less discrimination for the high-demand occupations (Baert et al. 2015).”
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- Authors
- Baert, S., Cockx, B., Gheyle, N., & Vandamme, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Venue
- ILR Review
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2015-02-25
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 467-500
- ISSN
- 0019-7939 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-271X
- OpenAlex
- W2115800357
- Cited by
- 243
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 88.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Industrial and Labor Relations Review (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Vlaamse regering
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Labour Market and Migration
- Keywords
- hiring discrimination, labor market tightness, correspondence test, name discrimination, youth labour market, job applications, job interviews, recruitment difficulties, occupation
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