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The Effects of Gender and Parental Occupation in the Apprenticeship Market: An Experimental Evaluation

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  • Fernandes, Ana

    (University of Applied Sciences)

  • Huber, Martin
  • Plaza, Camila

    (University of Basel)

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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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  • Fernandes, Ana & Huber, Martin & Plaza, Camila, 2019. "The Effects of Gender and Parental Occupation in the Apprenticeship Market: An Experimental Evaluation," FSES Working Papers 506, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland.
    • Handle: RePEc:fri:fribow:fribow00506
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    Keywords

    Field Experiment; Correspondence Test; Discrimination; Gender; Parental Occupation;
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    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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