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Native-immigrant gaps in educational and school-to-work transitions in the second generation : the role of gender and ethnicity

Baert, Stijn; Heiland, Frank; Korenman, Sanders - 2014

We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work … transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find … is true for residual gaps in the transition to work: native males are 30% more likely than comparable Turkish males to be …

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What does someone's gender identity signal to employers?

Borm, Hannah Van; Dhoop, Marlot; Acker, Allien Van; … - 2020

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men. Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...

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Diving in the minds of recruiters : what triggers gender stereotypes in hiring?

Borm, Hannah Van; Baert, Stijn - 2022

We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters’ minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …

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How do we think the COVID-19 crisis will affect our careers (if any remain)?

Baert, Stijn; Lippens, Louis; Moens, Eline; Sterkens, … - 2020

members believe they will look at the labour market differently and will have different work-related priorities in the future … conditions and work-life balance since the COVID-19 crisis. …

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The state of hiring discrimination: a meta-analysis of (almost) all recent correspondence experiments

Lippens, Louis; Vermeiren, Siel; Baert, Stijn - 2021

Notwithstanding the improved integration of various minority groups in the workforce, unequal treatment in hiring still hinders many individuals' access to the labour market. To tackle this inaccessibility, it is essential to know which and to what extent minority groups face hiring...

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Immigrant volunteering : a way out of labour market discrimination?

Baert, Stijn; Vujić, Sunčica - 2016

Many governments encourage migrants to participate in volunteer activities as a stepping stone to labour market integration. In the present study, we investigate whether this prosocial engagement lowers the hiring discrimination against them. To this end, we use unique data from a field...

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Is labour market discrimination against ethnic minorities better explained by taste or statistics? : a systematic review of the empirical evidence

Lippens, Louis; Baert, Stijn; Ghekiere, Abel; … - 2020

Scholars have gone to great lengths to chart the incidence of ethnic labour market discrimination. To effectively mitigate this discrimination, however, we need to understand its underlying mechanisms because different mechanisms lead to different counteracting measures. To this end, we reviewed...

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An Arab, an Asian, and a Black guy walk into a job interview : ethnic stigma in hiring after controlling for social class

Borm, Hannah Van; Lippens, Louis; Baert, Stijn - 2022

taste-based and statistical discrimination have offered. We find that different race-ethnicity groups are evaluated rather … race-ethnicity. …

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Hiring a homosexual, taking a risk? : a lab experiment on employment discrimination and risk aversion

Baert, Stijn - 2015

We investigate risk aversion as a driver of labour market discrimination against homosexual men. We show that more hiring discrimination by more risk-averse employers is consistent with taste-based and statistical discrimination. To test this hypothesis we conduct a scenario experiment in which...

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The COVID-19 crisis and telework : a research survey on experiences, expectations and hopes

Baert, Stijn; Lippens, Louis; Moens, Eline; Sterkens, … - 2020

While a considerable number of employees across the globe are being forced to work from home due to the COVID-19 crisis …

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