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abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the association between
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firm size and hiring discrimination against women, ethnic minorities and
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older job candidates.
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Design/methodology/approach The authors merge field experimental
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measures on unequal treatment with firm-level data. The resulting data
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enable the authors to assess whether discrimination varies by indicators
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of firm size, keeping other firm characteristics constant.
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Findings In contrast with the theoretical expectations, the authors find
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no evidence for an association between firm size and hiring
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discrimination. On the other hand, the authors do find suggestive
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evidence for hiring discrimination being lower in respect of public or
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non-profit firms (compared to commercial firms).
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Social implications To effectively combat hiring discrimination, one
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needs to understand its driving factors. In other words, to design
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adequate policy actions, targeted to the right employers in the right
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way, one has to gain insight into when individuals are discriminated in
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particular, i.e. into the moderators of labour market discrimination. In
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this study, the authors focus on firm size as a moderator of hiring
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discrimination.
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Originality/value Former contributions investigated this association
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within the context of ethnic discrimination only and included hardly any
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controls for other firm-level drivers of discrimination. The authors are
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the first to study the heterogeneity in discrimination by firm size with
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respect to multiple discrimination grounds and control for additional
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firm characteristics.'
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affiliation: 'Baert, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
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Baert, Stijn; De Meyer, Ann-Sofie; Moerman, Yentl; Omey, Eddy, Univ Ghent, Ghent,
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Belgium.'
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author: Baert, Stijn and De Meyer, Ann-Sofie and Moerman, Yentl and Omey, Eddy
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author-email: Stijn.Baert@UGent.be
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author_list:
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- family: Baert
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given: Stijn
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- family: De Meyer
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given: Ann-Sofie
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- family: Moerman
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given: Yentl
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- family: Omey
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given: Eddy
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/IJM-09-2017-0239
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eissn: 1758-6577
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files: []
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issn: 0143-7720
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journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
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keywords: Gender; Age; Firm size; Ethnicity; Discrimination; Hiring
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keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET; FIELD EXPERIMENT; ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION; AGE; EMPLOYMENT;
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ACCESS; 1ST'
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language: English
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number: 4, SI
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number-of-cited-references: '44'
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orcid-numbers: Baert, Stijn/0000-0002-1660-5165
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pages: 550-566
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papis_id: 80896df17c2e9cc00aa7ff1695ce0439
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ref: Baert2018doessize
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times-cited: '10'
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title: Does size matter? Hiring discrimination and firm size
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000438870200004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
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usage-count-since-2013: '41'
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volume: '39'
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web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
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year: '2018'
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