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The effects of gender and parental occupation in the apprenticeship market : an experimental evaluation

BP2-STS

    01.08.2019

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Field Experiment
Correspondence Test
Discrimination
Gender
Parental Occupation
English The apprenticeship market is the earliest possible entry into the workforce in developed economies. Since early labor market shocks are likely magnified throughout professional life, avoiding mismatches between talent and occupations e.g. due to gender- or status-based discrimination appears crucial. This experimental study investigates the effects of applicant gender and its interaction with parental occupation on callback rates in the Swiss apprenticeship market, i.e. invitations to an interview, assessment center, or trial apprenticeship. Our correspondence test consists of sending out fictitious job applications with randomized gender and parental occupation to apprenticeship vacancies in four Swiss regions. We by and large find no robust evidence of differential treatment by employers, as gender and parental occupation do not affect callback rates in a statistically significant way in most cases.
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Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
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  • English
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Economics
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Faculté SES

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  • Working Papers SES ; 506
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  • RERO DOC 327080
  • RERO R008959791
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