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Do Employers Use Un...
Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
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- Eriksson, Stefan (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Nationalekonomiska institutionen,Uppsala University
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- Rooth, Dan-Olof (författare)
- Linnéuniversitetet,Lund University,Lunds universitet,Centrum för ekonomisk demografi,Ekonomihögskolan,Centre for Economic Demography,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)
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- American Economic Association, 2014
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: The American Economic Review. - : American Economic Association. - 0002-8282 .- 1944-7981. ; 104:3, s. 1014-1039
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Abstract
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- The stigma associated with long-term unemployment spells could create large inefficiencies in labor markets. While the existing literature points toward large stigma effects, it has proven difficult to estimate causal relationships. Using data from a field experiment, we find that long-term unemployment spells in the past do not matter for employers' hiring decisions, suggesting that subsequent work experience eliminate this negative signal. Nor do employers treat contemporary short-term unemployment spells differently, suggesting that they understand that worker/firm matching takes time. However, employers attach a negative value to contemporary unemployment spells lasting at least nine months, providing evidence of stigma effects.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
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- Nationalekonomi
- Economics
- Economics
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