The Signaling Value of Labor Market Programs

Liechti, Fabienne; Fossati, Flavia; Bonoli, Giuliano; Auer, Daniel

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“…Firstly, the widespread use of vignette studies in the social and behavioural sciences is related to the fact that self-reported measures of perceptions have been shown to correlate highly with actual behaviour and that changes in intentions clearly result in actual behavioural changes (Hainmueller et al, 2015). Secondly, in a vignette experiment each participant is only shown a small number of vignettes that vary with regard to multiple factors and therefore it is almost impossible for the participant to know what the socially desirable answer is Liechti et al, 2017;Mutz, 2011). In this respect, the reader should also note that the factor of interest in our study (unemployment duration) is a generally socially acceptable screen (Bills, 1990)-much less sensitive than, for example, race-and, as a consequence, socially desirable answers are expected to be negligible.…”

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Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment?

Belle

Stasio

Caers

et al. 2018

European Sociological Review

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Recent evidence from large-scale field experiments has shown that employers use job candidates' unemployment duration as a sorting criterion. In the present study, we investigate what underlies this pattern. To this end, we conduct a survey experiment in which employers make hiring decisions concerning fictitious job candidates who have experienced spells of unemployment of different length. In addition, candidates are rated on several statements that are central to four signals often associated with unemployment: (i) a signal of trainability, (ii) a signal of other fixed skills, (iii) a signal of skill loss, and (iv) a signal of negative evaluation by other employers. We use these ratings to estimate a multiple mediation model, in which the effect of the duration of unemployment on hiring intentions is mediated by the four signals. Our findings indicate that longer unemployment spells are mainly perceived by employers as a signal of lower motivation and, as a result, the long-term unemployed have lower chances to be hired or even be invited to a job interview. Understanding the reasons why employers are reluctant to hire the longterm unemployed is crucial to devise proper activation measures to facilitate their re-employment. Our study is a contribution in this direction.

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“…In recent years, this method has been increasingly used to study dynamics in hiring decisions (e.g. Di Stasio, 2014;Liechti et al, 2017).…”

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Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment?

Belle

Stasio

Caers

et al. 2018

European Sociological Review

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“…Secondly, with respect to potential bias by answering in a socially desirable way, an important feature of a vignette experiment is that each participant is only shown a small number of vignettes that vary with regard to multiple factors. As a result, every participant only sees a fraction of the set of possible profiles, and therefore it is almost impossible for the participant to know what the social desirable answer is (Auspurg, Hinz, Liebig, & Sauer, 2014;Liechti et al, 2017;Mutz, 2011). For instance, vignette experiments have been able to identify labour market discrimination in the past, even when used to investigate socially sensitive topics such unequal treatment based on gender or race .…”

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“…Across fields, this method has been increasingly used to study dynamics in hiring decisions (Auer, Bonoli, Fossati, & Liechti, 2016;Damelang & Abraham, 2016;Di Stasio, 2014;Di Stasio & Gërxhani, 2015;Liechti, Fossati, Bonoli, & Auer, 2017;McDonald, 2017;Van Hoye & Lievens, 2003).…”

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Why is Unemployment Duration a Sorting Criterion in Hiring?

Belle¹,

Caers²,

Couck³

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SSRN Journal

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“…In quantitative research, vignettes are used in factorial surveys (Finch ; Taylor ). Factorial survey vignettes are designed to systematically test a number of independent variables using fixed response items (for some recent examples from the area of public services, see De Wilde , forthcoming; Fledderus ; Kootstra ; Liechti et al ). In qualitative research, vignettes are used differently, namely as ‘hermeneutic’ instruments to ‘enhance our understanding of behaviour’ (Wilks , p. 83; for a relatively recent example from the area of public services, see Koning and Polstra ).…”

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How governance conditions affect the individualization of active labour market services: An exploratory vignette study

Rice

2017

Public Administration

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Service individualization is high on the agenda of active welfare states. Especially for the long-term unemployed and other people with complex problems, individualized employment and social services are seen as a crucial precondition for social and labour market integration. To achieve tailor-made service delivery, welfare states have introduced new governance mechanisms such as client profiling, performance indicators, game-theoretical incentives or institutionalized discretion. However, comparative research on how these governance mechanisms affect service individualization is still rare. To fill this gap, this article presents an exploratory vignette study on Denmark and the Netherlands conducted in 2010-12.The main finding of this study is that institutionalized discretion, as it is implemented in the Dutch minimum income system, increases the variety and innovativeness of employment services, makes service provision more holistic (especially for vulnerable clients), and increases the targeting capacity of service allocation between vulnerable and work-ready clients.

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The Signaling Value of Labor Market Programs

Cited by 4 publications

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Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment?

Why Are Employers Put Off by Long Spells of Unemployment?

Why is Unemployment Duration a Sorting Criterion in Hiring?

How governance conditions affect the individualization of active labour market services: An exploratory vignette study

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