• DOI:10.1007/s10645-015-9252-1
Corpus ID: 53371828

Hiring Discrimination Against Pro-union Applicants: The Role of Union Density and Firm Size

@article{Baert2015HiringDA,
  title={Hiring Discrimination Against Pro-union Applicants: The Role of Union Density and Firm Size},
  author={Stijn Baert and E. Omey},
  journal={De Economist},
  year={2015},
  volume={163},
  pages={263-280}
}

Stijn Baert, E. Omey

Published 2015

Economics

De Economist

We study the causal impact of revealing pro-unionism during the recruitment stage on hiring chances. To this end, we conduct a randomised field experiment in the Belgian labour market. When matched with employer and sector data, the experimentally gathered data enable us to test the heterogeneity of discrimination against pro-union applicants by the union density in the sector and the size of the firm. We find that disclosure of pro-unionism affects hiring chances in a negative way and that—in… CONTINUE READING

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