Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76808 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2013-34
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This study directly assesses the impact of military work experience compared with civilian work experience in similar jobs on the subsequent chances of being hired in the civilian labour market. It does so through a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. A statistical examination of our experimental dataset shows that in general we cannot reject that employers are indifferent to whether job candidates gained their experience in a civilian or a military environment.
Subjects: 
field experiments
hiring discrimination
economics of defence
JEL: 
C93
J45
J24
J71
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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