How does labour market history influence the access to hiring interviews?
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of the effect of labour market status on the current probability to be invited to a hiring interview. The authors compare the effect of periods of unemployment, part-time job and short-term contracts (STCs).
Design/methodology/approach
Correspondence tests were conducted for accountants and sales assistants. The authors estimate the discrimination components from the response rate of each candidate by the asymptotic least squares method.
Findings
The authors find that men with a part-time profile suffer discrimination in both professions. Other differences of treatment are specific: for accountants, the authors find that the probability of success decreases with the time spent in unemployment, while for sales assistants the probability of success is smaller with a history of STCs.
Originality/value
This study compares the effect of different dimensions of career history (part-time versus full-time, permanent versus short-term, unemployment versus employment) for experienced job candidates. It also proposes an alternative way to exploit the design of a correspondence experiment.
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Acknowledgements
This study was carried out as part of a research agreement with the French National Employment Agency (Pole emploi). It was benefited from the comments by members of the Scientific Council of Pole emploi and by François Aventur and Anita Bonnet.
Citation
Duguet, E., Le Gall, R., L’Horty, Y. and Petit, P. (2018), "How does labour market history influence the access to hiring interviews?", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 39 No. 4, pp. 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-09-2017-0231
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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