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“We choose this CV because we choose diversity” – What do eye movements say about the choices recruiters make? Open
Introduction A large body of research has established a consensus that racial discrimination in CV screening occurs and persists. Nevertheless, we still know very little about how recruiters look at the CV and how this is connected to the …
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No sign of increased ethnic discrimination during a crisis: evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic Open
When crises hit, social theory predicts increased hostility toward immigrants. We exploit the Covid-19 pandemic as a unique exogenous crisis and examine whether discrimination increased in its wake. Repeating a field experiment in the Swis…
The Extent of Résumé Whitening Open
Persistent hiring discrimination as demonstrated by correspondence experiments incites immigrant job candidates and their descendants to modify their résumé to hide their immigrant status, that is, résumé whitening. To date, we have little…
Better together: Active and passive labor market policies in developed and developing economies Open
We investigate the macroeconomic impact of public expenditure in active labor market policies (ALMPs) and passive labor market policies (PLMPs) on main employment indicators (i.e., unemployment, employment, and labor force participation) f…
The Signal of Applying for a Job Under a Vacancy Referral Scheme Open
We investigate the signalling effect related to participation in active labor‐market programs. To this end, we conduct an experiment in which human resources professionals make hiring decisions concerning fictitious job candidates who appl…
Waiting longer before claiming, and activating youth: no point? Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of two policies (an extension of the waiting period before entitlement to unemployment insurance (UI) and an intensification of counselling) targeted at unemployed school-leavers …
Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment? Open
Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates’ unemployment duration as a sorting criterion. In the present study, we investigate what underlies this pattern. To this end, we conduct a surve…
Student employment and academic performance: an empirical exploration of the primary orientation theory Open
This study empirically assesses the thesis that student employment only hurts academic performance for students with a primary orientation towards work (versus school). To this end, we analyse unique data on tertiary education students’ in…
Why Is Unemployment Duration a Sorting Criterion in Hiring? Open
Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates’ unemployment duration as a sorting criterion. In the present study, we investigate the mechanisms underlying this pattern. To this end, we cond…