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1“...The stigma associated with long-term unemployment spells could create large inefficiencies in labor markets. While the existing literature points toward large...”
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2by Agerström, Jens Rooth, Dan-Olof“...This study examined whether automatic stereotypes captured by the implicit association test (IAT) can predict real hiring discrimination against the obese. In...”
edited by Kozlowski, Steve W. J
Published in Journal of applied psychology (01.07.2011)
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3by Carlsson, Magnus Dahl, Gordon Boyack Öckert, Björn Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in The review of economics and statistics (2015)“...To identify the causal effect of schooling on cognitive skills, we exploit conditionally random variation in the date Swedish males take a battery of cognitive...”
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4“...We provide new evidence on the long-run labor market penalty of teenage overweight and obesity using unique and large-scale data on 150,000 male siblings from...”
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5by Lundborg, Petter Nilsson, Anton Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in Journal of health economics (01.09.2014)“...Whereas a large literature has shown the importance of early life health for adult socioeconomic outcomes, there is little evidence on the importance of...”
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6by Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in Labour economics (2011)“...This study is the first to present evidence of the return to leisure sports in the job hiring process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings...”
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7by Lundborg, Petter Nilsson, Anton Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (2014)“...We use the Swedish compulsory school reform to estimate the causal effect of parental education on sons 1 outcomes. To this end, we use data from the Swedish...”
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8“...In most EU countries, ethnic minorities have lower wages than does the ethnic majority. To what extent these wage gaps are the result of prejudice toward...”
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9“...This article investigates the long-term effects on immigrant earnings and employment of labour market conditions encountered upon arrival. We find that early...”
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10by Carlsson, Magnus Eriksson, Stefan Rooth, Dan‐Olof Published in The Manchester school (01.03.2018)“...We conduct a survey of newly hired workers in the Swedish labour market to analyse if there are differences between natives and immigrants in the choice of...”
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11“...This study uses US survey data and Swedish register data to estimate and compare the relationship between returns to schooling and ability. A significant and...”
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12“...We analyze the association between income inequality and economic growth using 72 labor market regions in Sweden during the period of 1990–2006. Compared with...”
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13by Agerström, Jens Björklund, Fredrik Carlsson, Rickard Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in Basic and applied social psychology (01.07.2012)“...In a field experiment, we sent out 5,636 job applications varying how Swedish (in-group) and Arab (out-group) applicants presented themselves in terms of two...”
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14by Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in Labour economics (2010)“...This is the first study providing empirical support for automatically activated associations inducing discriminatory behavior among recruiters in a real-life...”
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15by Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in The Journal of human resources (01.07.2009)“...This study presents evidence of differential treatment in the hiring of obese individuals in the Swedish labor market. Fictitious applications were sent to...”
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16by Agerstrom, Jens Rooth, Dan-Olof“...Purpose - The aim of this paper is to examine whether Swedish employers implicitly/automatically hold negative attitudes toward Arab-Muslims, an ethnic...”
edited by Constant, Amelie F
Published in International journal of manpower (01.01.2009)
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17by Carlsson, Magnus Fumarco, Luca Rooth, Dan-Olof Published in IZA journal of migration (01.12.2014)“...Correspondence studies can identify the extent of discrimination in hiring as typically defined by the law, which includes discrimination against ethnic...”
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18“...This study uses a cognitive test score, the Swedish Military Enlistment test taken at age 18, to identify whether the ethnic employment and income gap in...”
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19“...We present evidence of ethnic discrimination in the recruitment process by sending fictitious applications to real job openings. Applications with identical...”
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20by Petter Lundborg Paul Nystedt Dan-Olof Rooth Published in The Journal of human resources (01.01.2014)“...We use large-scale register data on 450,000 Swedish males who underwent mandatory military enlistment at age 18, and a subsample of 150,000 siblings, to...”