International Journal of Manpower: Volume 39 Issue 4
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An interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management & labour economicsTable of contents - Special Issue: Hiring discrimination: measures, moderators and mechanisms
Guest Editors: Stijn Baert, Magnus Carlsson, Nick Drydakis
Do photos help or hinder field experiments of discrimination?
Judith RichThe purpose of this paper is to assess field experiments of labour and product markets that have attached photos to identify applicants (in the case of labour markets) or…
How does labour market history influence the access to hiring interviews?
Emmanuel Duguet, Rémi Le Gall, Yannick L’Horty, Pascale PetitThe purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of the effect of labour market status on the current probability to be invited to a hiring interview. The authors compare the…
Neighborhood signaling effects, commuting time, and employment: Evidence from a field experiment
Magnus Carlsson, Abdulaziz Abrar Reshid, Dan-Olof RoothThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is unequal treatment in hiring depending on whether a job applicant signals living in a bad (deprived) neighborhood or in…
Does size matter? Hiring discrimination and firm size
Stijn Baert, Ann-Sofie De Meyer, Yentl Moerman, Eddy OmeyThe purpose of this paper is to study the association between firm size and hiring discrimination against women, ethnic minorities and older job candidates.
Does marital status affect how firms interpret job applicants’ un/employment histories?
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Sili WangThe purpose of this paper is to explore whether single and married female job candidates’ un/employment histories differentially affect their chances of obtaining interviews…
What drives hiring discrimination against transgenders?
Hannah Van Borm, Stijn BaertThe purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender women.
Parental leave length, social norms, and female labor market re-entry frictions
Vojtech Bartoš, Barbara Pertold-GebickaThe purpose of this paper is to identify the role of employers in creating employment gaps among women returning to the labor market after parental leaves of different durations.
Masculine vs feminine personality traits and women’s employment outcomes in Britain: A field experiment
Nick Drydakis, Katerina Sidiropoulou, Vasiliki Bozani, Sandra Selmanovic, Swetketu PatnaikThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether masculine personality traits in women generate better job market prospects, as compared to feminine personality traits.
Economic pluralism in the study of wage discrimination: a note
Nick DrydakisEconomic pluralism proposes that economists and social planners should consider alternative theories to establish a range of policy actions. Neoclassical, Feminist and Marxian…
A “catch-22”: self-inflicted failure of GCC nationalization policies
Usamah F. Alfarhan, Samir Al-BusaidiThe purpose of this paper is to explain prevalent earnings differentials in Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC’s) private sectors between skilled local and migrant labor and provide…
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- Professor Adrian Ziderman