Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2019.04.009
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- Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 412, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
- Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," CEPR Discussion Papers 13685, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Sascha O. Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility : Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1193, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
- Sascha O. Becker & Ana Fernandes & Doris Weichselbaumer, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1039, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," IZA Discussion Papers 12308, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," Research Memorandum 015, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
- Becker, Sascha O. & Fernandes, Ana & Weichselbaumer, Doris, 2019. "Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment," ROA Research Memorandum 002, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
- Sascha O. Becker & Ana Fernandes & Doris Weichselbaumer, 2019. "Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment," Economics working papers 2019-10, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
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Fertility; Discrimination; Experimental economics;JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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