LIEPP's Discriminations and Social Inequalities Research Group is happy to invite you to the seminar:

Le CV vidéo : un outil favorisant la recherche d'emploi des personnes avec et sans handicaps

Wednesday September 25th, 12:30 - 14:30

room 911
9, rue de la Chaise

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(sandwiches served)

Presentation: 

  Charles Bellemare

  Professor of Economics, Université Laval (Canada)

Title of the paper : " Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment" (with Marion Goussé, Guy Lacroix, and Steeve Marchand)

We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities using a large scale field experiment. Applications were randomly sent to 1477 private firms advertising open positions. We find that average callback rates of non-disabled and disabled applicants are respectively 14.4% and 7.2%. We find this differential does not result from accessibility constraints related to firm infrastructures. We also find that mentioning eligibility to a government subsidy to cover the cost of workplace adaptation does not increase callback rates. Finally, we estimate that a lower bound of the proportion of discriminating firms is 49.7%.

Discussion:

 Mathéa Boudinet

 PhD student in sociology, OSC Sciences Po