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Does having one’s own place to live make someone more employable?

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  • Ali Ahmed
  • Mark Granberg
  • Elisabeth Lång

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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 candidate’s 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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  • Ali Ahmed & Mark Granberg & Elisabeth Lång, 2017. "Does having one’s own place to live make someone more employable?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(18), pages 1327-1330, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:24:y:2017:i:18:p:1327-1330
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1276263
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    1. Granberg, Mark & Andersson, Per A. & Ahmed, Ali, 2020. "Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender People: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).

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