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Samhall Work Experience and Employability: A Field Experiment on Disability Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market
Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Economics. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1798-8284
Ratio Inst, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1728-3150
Linköping University, Department of Science and Technology, Laboratory of Organic Electronics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Williams Sale Partnership WSP, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, ISSN 1745-3011, Vol. 26, no 1, p. 550-558Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Employment is vital for the quality of life and societal integration of disabled people, who often encounter barriers. Programs like Sweden's state-owned company Samhall are designed to level the playing field. Yet, whether discrimination persists after program participation and ample work experience remains an intriguing question. We investigated whether signaling disability through work experience at Samhall affects employability in Sweden for cleaning roles. A field experiment was conducted in which 768 fictitious job applications were sent to employers with vacant cleaner positions in Sweden. Implied disability, indicated by work experience at Samhall, and gender were randomly varied in the applications. The primary outcome metric was positive employer responses. Disabled applicants received fewer positive responses (28%) than non-disabled applicants (34%). Discrimination was more pronounced for disabled male applicants. The study reveals nuanced discrimination against job applicants with disabilities in Sweden, particularly disabled males, despite their extensive training and experience.

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STOCKHOLM UNIV PRESS , 2024. Vol. 26, no 1, p. 550-558
Keywords [en]
training; disability; discrimination; employability; field experiment
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Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-208857DOI: 10.16993/sjdr.1118ISI: 001342393400007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85207844526OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-208857DiVA, id: diva2:1908480
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Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2018-03487]; Torsten Soderberg Foundation [E46/21]; Crafoord Foundation [20220590]

Available from: 2024-10-27 Created: 2024-10-27 Last updated: 2025-04-25Bibliographically approved

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