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dc.contributor.authorBjørnshagen, Vegar
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T14:15:05Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T14:15:05Z
dc.date.created2021-09-03T16:10:19Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-01
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2989352
dc.description.abstractMental health problems are associated with poor labour market outcomes. Based on data from a field experiment, this article investigates the extent to which hiring discrimination limits the job opportunities of young applicants who disclose a history of mental health problems. From September 2019 to December 2020, 1398 job applications were sent in pairs to 699 employers with job openings in a broad selection of occupations in the Norwegian labour market. The applicants were equally qualified except that, in each pair, one applicant informed about mental health problems as an explanation for a past employment break. The results show that applicants who disclose mental health problems are discriminated against in hiring processes. Applicants with mental health problems have about 27% lower probability of receiving an invitation to a job interview and about 22% lower probability of receiving any positive employer response. These results do not seem to have been driven by the COVID-19 crisis that unfolded during the course of the study. As such, the study provides suggestive evidence that uncertain economic times might not necessarily increase the level of discrimination against applicants with mental health problems.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis paper is part of the HIRE project at Norwegian Social Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, funded by The Research Council of Norway (grant number: 273745).en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Science and Medicine;Volume 283, August 2021, 114181
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectHiring discriminationen_US
dc.subjectField experimentsen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectRecessionen_US
dc.titleThe mark of mental health problems. A field experiment on hiring discrimination before and during COVID-19en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2021 The Author(s)en_US
dc.source.articlenumber114181en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114181
dc.identifier.cristin1931253
dc.source.journalSocial Science and Medicineen_US
dc.source.volume283en_US
dc.source.issue283en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-8en_US
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 273745en_US


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