The apprenticeship market is the earliest possible entry point into the workforce in
developed economies. Since early labor market shocks are likely magnified throughout …

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 …

Academics worry grade inflation lowers standards; whereas, employers are concerned
grades may not distinguish students' abilities. These concerns are dismissed if higher …

Extant literature points to the gender, parenthood, and social status of job applicants as
crucial factors influencing employers' hiring preferences and behaviours. However, little is …

The existence and mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions have been
extensively studied, but the following two gaps remain: non-Western societies and taste …

While labour market penalties related to motherhood are a widely studied topic, less is
known about the implications of signalled potential fertility. We thus posed the question of …

The COVID-19 pandemic required adaptation to a new learning environment creating
challenges for students and instructors. A reduction in student-teacher contact and the lack …

Assessing student mathematical knowledge is an important factor in the mathematics
learning process because students obtain important feedback to improve their knowledge …

Potential drivers of gender discrimination are recruiters, who are more likely to select
applicants with characteristics similar to their own. This study explores whether recruiter …

Research has consistently revealed that adolescents with a migration background are more
likely to drop out from vocational education and training (VET) at the upper-secondary level …