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Does having ones own place to live make someone more employable?
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Economics. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1798-8284
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Economics.
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Economics. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
2017 (English)In: Applied Economics Letters, ISSN 1350-4851, E-ISSN 1466-4291, Vol. 24, no 18, p. 1327-1330Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article encapsulates the findings of a randomized correspondence test field experiment investigating whether job candidates home status influences their employability. More than 2000 employers with vacancies in the Swedish labour market received a job application from a fictitious candidate. A job candidates home status (his or her own place to live or temporary housing with a friend) was randomized across employers. Results show that home status indeed affected the number of positive employer responses received by job candidates, mainly in low-skilled occupations. Not having a place to live at the time of the application proved a disadvantage when applying for positions within but an advantage when applying for positions outside the city of residence at the time of the application.

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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD , 2017. Vol. 24, no 18, p. 1327-1330
Keywords [en]
Housing status; employability; hiring; field experiment; C93; M51; R23
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Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-139830DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2016.1276263ISI: 000406123300012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-139830DiVA, id: diva2:1133893
Available from: 2017-08-17 Created: 2017-08-17 Last updated: 2017-09-29

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