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Is There Less Discrimination in Occupations Where Recruitment Is Difficult?

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Baert, Stijn [Ghent University] Cockx, Bart [UCL] Gheyle, Niels [Political Intelligence, Germany] Vandamme, Cora [KBC Bank, Ireland]

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.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Synthèse de littérature
Publication date 2015
Language Anglais
Journal information "Industrial and Labor Relations Review" - Vol. 68, no.3, p. 467-500 (2015)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Cornell University
issn 0019-7939
e-issn 2162-271X
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LIDAM/IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales
Keywords Ethnic discrimination ; Field experiments ; Hiring discrimination ; Labor market tightness
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Bibliographic reference Baert, Stijn ; Cockx, Bart ; Gheyle, Niels ; Vandamme, Cora. Is There Less Discrimination in Occupations Where Recruitment Is Difficult?. In: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 68, no.3, p. 467-500 (2015)
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