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Do employer preferences contribute to sticky floors?

Stijn Baert (UGent) , Ann-Sophie De Pauw and Nick Deschacht
(2016) ILR REVIEW. 69(3). p.714-736
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We investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining Sticky Floors, the pattern that women are, compared to men, less likely to start to climb the job ladder. To this end we perform a randomised field experiment in the Belgian labour market and test whether hiring discrimination based on gender is heterogeneous by whether or not jobs imply a promotion (in comparison with employees’ current position). We find that women get 33% less interview invitations when they apply for jobs implying a first promotion in functional level. On the other hand, their hiring chances are not significantly affected by the job authority level of the job.
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Gender discrimination, Sticky floors, Hiring discrimination, Labour market transitions, European labour markets., GENDER WAGE GAP, LABOR-MARKET, FIELD EXPERIMENT, GLASS CEILINGS, HIRING DISCRIMINATION, SEX-DISCRIMINATION, WOMEN, JOB, DIFFERENTIALS, SEGREGATION

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Baert, Stijn, et al. “Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?” ILR REVIEW, vol. 69, no. 3, 2016, pp. 714–36, doi:10.1177/0019793915625213.
APA
Baert, S., De Pauw, A.-S., & Deschacht, N. (2016). Do employer preferences contribute to sticky floors? ILR REVIEW, 69(3), 714–736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793915625213
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Baert, Stijn, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, and Nick Deschacht. 2016. “Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?” ILR REVIEW 69 (3): 714–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793915625213.
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Baert, Stijn, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, and Nick Deschacht. 2016. “Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?” ILR REVIEW 69 (3): 714–736. doi:10.1177/0019793915625213.
Vancouver
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Baert S, De Pauw A-S, Deschacht N. Do employer preferences contribute to sticky floors? ILR REVIEW. 2016;69(3):714–36.
IEEE
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S. Baert, A.-S. De Pauw, and N. Deschacht, “Do employer preferences contribute to sticky floors?,” ILR REVIEW, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 714–736, 2016.
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