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Title
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Unemployment or overeducation : which is a worse signal to employers?
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Author
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Abstract
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| This study estimates the stigma effect of unemployment and overeducation within one framework. We conduct a randomised field experiment in which we send out trios of fictitious job applications, from male candidates with no relevant work experience, to real vacancies. One candidate graduated just a few months before the application, the two others graduated a year earlier and had been unemployed or underemployed since that time. By monitoring the subsequent callback, we find evidence of a larger stigma effect of unemployment than overeducation. The stigma effect of overeducation is found to occur for permanent contract jobs but not for temporary ones. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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De economist : tijdschrift voor alle standen tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staathuishoudkunde. - Amsterdam, 1852, currens
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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J.H. Gebhard & Comp.
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2019
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ISSN
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0013-063X
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1572-9982
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DOI
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10.1007/S10645-018-9330-2
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Volume/pages
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167
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(2019)
, p. 1-21
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ISI
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000458418200001
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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