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- Ahmed, Ali, 1977-, et al.
(författare)
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Does age matter for employability? A field experiment on ageism in the Swedish labor market
- 2012
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Routledge. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 19:4, s. 403-406
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents the findings of the first field experiment on age discrimination in the Swedish labour market. Pairs of matched applications, one from a fictitious 31-year-old male applicant and one from a fictitious 46-year-old male applicant, were sent to employers with job openings for restaurant workers and sales assistants. Employers' responses to the applicants were then recorded. The experimental data provide clear and strong evidence of significant ageism in the Swedish labour market. On average, the younger applicant received over 3 times more responses from employers looking to hire a restaurant worker and over 4 times more responses from employers looking to hire a sales assistant than the older applicant. Therefore, the older applicant received significantly fewer invitations for interviews and job offers than the younger applicant in both occupations examined.
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- Ahmed, Ali, et al.
(författare)
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Does having ones own place to live make someone more employable?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 24:18, s. 1327-1330
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article encapsulates the findings of a randomized correspondence test field experiment investigating whether job candidates home status influences their employability. More than 2000 employers with vacancies in the Swedish labour market received a job application from a fictitious candidate. A job candidates home status (his or her own place to live or temporary housing with a friend) was randomized across employers. Results show that home status indeed affected the number of positive employer responses received by job candidates, mainly in low-skilled occupations. Not having a place to live at the time of the application proved a disadvantage when applying for positions within but an advantage when applying for positions outside the city of residence at the time of the application.
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- Ahmed, Ali, et al.
(författare)
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Ethnic discrimination in contacts with public authorities : a correspondence test among Swedish municipalities
- 2020
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 27:17, s. 1391-1394
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a field experiment conducted in order to explore the existence of ethnic discrimination in contact with public authorities. Two fictitious parents, one with a Swedish-sounding name and one with an Arabic-sounding name, sent email inquiries to all Swedish municipalities asking for information about preschool admission for their children. Results show that the parents were treated differently by the municipalities since the individual with the Swedish-sounding name received significantly more responses that answered the question in the inquiry than the individual with the Arabic-sounding name. Also, the individual with the Swedish-sounding name received more warm answers than the individual with the Arabic-sounding name in the sense that the answer from the municipality started with a personal salutation. We conclude that ethnic discrimination is prevalent in public sector contacts and that this discrimination has implications for the integration of immigrants and their children.
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- Ahmed, Ali
(författare)
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Women are not always less competitive than men: Evidence from Come Dine with Me
- 2011
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 18:12, s. 1099-1101
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Are women less competitive than men? Many experimental and nonexperimental studies have documented gender differences in competitiveness. This article presents the results from a study that examines gender differences in competitiveness in the television show Come Dine with Me. It is a cooking show in which amateur chefs compete against each other for a cash prize. The show provides an unusual opportunity to study gender differences in a high-stakes game environment. The results demonstrate that there are no gender differences in competitiveness.
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- Almenberg, Johan, et al.
(författare)
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Exponential growth bias and financial literacy
- 2012
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 19:17, s. 1693-1696
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The tendency to underestimate the future value of a variable growing at a constant rate, an example of exponential growth bias, has been linked to household financial decision-making. We show that exponential growth bias and standard measures of financial literacy are negatively correlated in a representative sample of Swedish adults. Since financial literacy is linked to household decision-making, our results indicate that examining the relationship between exponential growth bias and household finance without adequate controls for financial literacy may generate biased results.
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- Andersson, Andreas, et al.
(författare)
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Forecasting Real Exchange Rate Trends Using Age Structure Data – The Case of Sweden
- 2005
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1466-4291 .- 1350-4851. ; 12:5, s. 267-272
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Theory predicts that life cycle saving and consumption behaviour could cause real exchange rate variations as the age structure varies. Time series regressions show that the Swedish demographic structure has significant explanatory power on the real exchange rate during 1960 to 2002. A model using age shares as regressors is used for medium-term out-of-sample forecasts, which perform well both compared to na ve forecasts and forecasts based on an autoregressive model.
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- Arvidsson, Mikael, et al.
(författare)
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The economics of the Swedish online gambling market
- 2017
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 24:16, s. 1135-1137
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we study how the Swedish online gambling market has developed and how the availability of foreign-based online gambling has affected the domestic state-owned gambling monopoly, AB Svenska Spel. We find that online gambling and the traditional state-managed gambling are relatively weak substitutes. Thus, concerns about the availability of online gambling being able to undercut domestic gambling policies may be overstated.
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- Asgharian, Hossein, et al.
(författare)
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An analysis of momentum and contrarian anomalies using an orthogonal portfolio approach
- 2009
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1466-4291 .- 1350-4851. ; 16:6, s. 625-628
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We use a latent factor approach to investigate if the momentum and contrarian profits, observed in the US stock market, should be considered as risk premiums or have nonrisk-based explanations. The model is also employed as a benchmark to assess the explanatory power of the traditional asset-pricing models in this context. Our findings show that the profits of the long-run contrarian strategy are related to some other background risk factors, whereas the momentum and the short-run contrarian profits are mostly nonrisk based. The latter finding mainly supports investors' behavioural irrationality as an explanation of these anomalies.
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- Bali Swain, Ranjula
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Differential impact of microfinance delivery mechanism on vulnerability
- 2012
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 19:8, s. 721-724
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Microfinance reduces vulnerability. We investigate if this impact varies by the delivery mechanism used. Correcting for the membership selection bias using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), the household's vulnerability is estimated using the Self-Help Group (SHG) microfinance programme data in India. The results show that the reduction in vulnerability is greater for villages with better infrastructure and for SHGs that are formed by NGOs and linked by banks (linkage model 2).
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- Bandick, Roger, 1974-, et al.
(författare)
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Domestic and foreign acquisitions, plant survival and employment effects
- 2023
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Ingår i: Applied Economics Letters. - : Routledge; Taylor & Francis. - 1350-4851 .- 1466-4291. ; 30:7, s. 923-926
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We estimate causal treatment effects of domestic and foreign acquisitions on plant survival, employment (growth) and the skill composition within acquired plants. To do so, we look at takeovers of private firms in Danish manufacturing and service sectors during the period 2002-2015. We use plant-, firm-, and industry-level information to control for the non-random selection of the acquisition targets, differentiated for domestic and foreign acquirers, by combining a difference-in-differences approach with a propensity score weighting estimator. Our results reveal positive effects on plant survival, employment (growth) and the skill intensity for domestic targets, while foreign targets reduce their skill intensity following an acquisition.
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