Data and Code for : Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination : Evidence from a Video Resume Field Experiment

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Charles Bellemare, University Laval; Marion Gousse, Ensai; Guy Lacroix, Université Laval; Steeve Marchand, University of Melbourne

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Project Citation:

Bellemare, Charles, Gousse, Marion, Lacroix, Guy, and Marchand, Steeve. Data and Code for¿: Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination¿: Evidence from a Video Resume Field Experiment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-09-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E175061V1

Project Description

Summary: This is data and code accompanying the article "Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination : Evidence from a Video Resume Field Experiment". The abstract of the paper is "We sent fictitious applications to firms advertising job openings. We find that revealing a disability decreases callback rates by 25 percentage points. This result is not explained by accessibility constraints or lower productivity due to disability. We find that including a video resume of a well-spoken applicant significantly increases callbacks by 10 percentage points for persons with and without disabilities, suggesting that discrimination is unaffected by quality signals in our context. Analysis of viewing activity suggests that employers seek less information when the applicant is disabled. Disclosing the disability later in the video increases employers’ viewing time but leaves callback rates unchanged.

Funding Sources: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) (890-2016-3048); Canadian Institutes of Health Research (890-2016-3048)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
J68 Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
J71 Labor Discrimination

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