Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
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DOI：
10.1257/aer.104.3.1014
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发表时间：
2014-03-01
影响因子：
10.7
通讯作者：
Rooth, Dan-Olof
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作者：
Eriksson, Stefan;Rooth, Dan-Olof
与长期失业相关的耻辱可能会导致劳动力市场效率严重低下。虽然现有文献指出耻辱效应很大，但事实证明很难估计因果关系。利用现场实验的数据，我们发现过去的长期失业对雇主的招聘决定并不重要，这表明随后的工作经验消除了这种负面信号。雇主对待当代短期失业的态度也没有不同，这表明他们明白工人/公司的匹配需要时间。然而，雇主对当前至少持续九个月的失业期给予负面评价，这提供了耻辱效应的证据。
The stigma associated with long-term unemployment spells could create large inefficiencies in labor markets. While the existing literature points toward large stigma effects, it has proven difficult to estimate causal relationships. Using data from a field experiment, we find that long-term unemployment spells in the past do not matter for employers' hiring decisions, suggesting that subsequent work experience eliminates this negative signal. Nor do employers treat contemporary short-term unemployment spells differently, suggesting that they understand that worker/firm matching takes time. However, employers attach a negative value to contemporary unemployment spells lasting at least nine months, providing evidence of stigma effects.