The employability of ex-offenders: a field experiment in the Swedish labor market
Abstract This paper presents the findings of a field experiment on hiring discrimination against ex-offenders in the Swedish labor market. Matched pairs of written job applications for fictitious male and female applicants with and without a past conviction of assault were sent to employers for nine...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | IZA Journal of Labor Policy |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40173-017-0084-2 |