Getting Grey Hairs in the Labour Market: An Alternative Experiment on Age Discrimination
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- Baert, Stijn & Norga, Jennifer & Thuy, Yannick & Van Hecke, Marieke, 2016. "Getting grey hairs in the labour market. An alternative experiment on age discrimination," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 86-101.
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Keywords
hiring discrimination; ageing; difference in post-educational years problem; design of experiments; age discrimination; field experiments;JEL classification:
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2015-08-30 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GER-2015-08-30 (German Papers)
- NEP-LAB-2015-08-30 (Labour Economics)
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