[HTML][HTML] What does job applicants' body art signal to employers?

S Baert, J Herregods, P Sterkens - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a state-of-the-art scenario experiment which, for the first time in the
literature, directly measures the stigmas surrounding job candidates with tattoos and …

Aging, migration, and structural transformation in China

H Cao, S Chen, X Xi - Economic Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies the interaction of laborforce aging and structural transformation in China.
Empirically, laborforce aging has occurred much faster in agriculture, and rural–urban …

Why retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination policies need to consider the intersectional experiences of older women

I Burn, P Button, TF Figinski… - Public Policy & Aging …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Population aging makes retirement security a critical issue. Unfortunately, retirement security
is deteriorating over time, and there is a significant amount of income inequality in retirement …

Employers' retirement age norms in European comparison

AJ Riekhoff - Work, Aging and Retirement, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Policies incentivizing longer working lives can remain ineffective if employers are not able
and willing to employ an aging workforce. Depending on what employers consider …

Ageism against older adults: How do intersecting identities influence perceptions of ageist behaviors?

HM Gans, M Horhota… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Most ageism research has focused on prejudice against older people without considering
their multiple intersecting identities. We investigated perceptions of ageist acts that targeted …

Employers, recruitment and activation programmes experimental evidence from the Czech labour market

J Vyhlídal - European Journal of Training and Development, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the impact of selected characteristics of
jobseekers on employers' decisions regarding potential hires (direct and probabilistic …

Does ageist language in job ads predict age discrimination in hiring?

I Burn, P Button, LM Corella… - Journal of labor …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
We study ageist stereotypes reflected in job-ad language and age discrimination in hiring,
exploiting job-ad text and evidence on age discrimination from a correspondence study. We …

Older workers need not apply? Ageist language in job ads and age discrimination in hiring

I Burn, P Button, LFM Corella, D Neumark - 2019 - nber.org
We study the relationships between ageist stereotypes–as reflected in the language used in
job ads–and age discrimination in hiring, exploiting the text of job ads and differences in …

Costly mistakes: Why and when spelling errors in resumes jeopardise interview chances

P Sterkens, R Caers, M De Couck, V Van Driessche… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The analysis of hiring penalties due to spelling errors has been restricted to white-collar
occupations and error-laden resumes. Moreover, the mechanisms underlying these …

[HTML][HTML] As if it weren't hard enough already: Breaking down hiring discrimination following burnout

P Sterkens, S Baert, C Rooman, E Derous - Economics & Human Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Hiring discrimination towards (former) burnout patients has been extensively documented in
the literature. To tackle this problem, it is important to understand the underlying …