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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
| Pages (from-to) | 1 |
| Number of pages | 37 |
| ISSN | 1501-7419 |
| Publication status | Submitted - 27 Jun 2019 |
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Keywords
- Disability
- Employment
- Vignette experiment
- Employers
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Disability Disqualifies : A vignette experiment of Danish employers' inclination to hire applicants with physical disabilities. / Shamshiri-Petersen, Ditte; Krogh, Cecilie.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 27.06.2019, p. 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability Disqualifies
T2 - A vignette experiment of Danish employers' inclination to hire applicants with physical disabilities
AU - Shamshiri-Petersen, Ditte
AU - Krogh, Cecilie
PY - 2019/6/27
Y1 - 2019/6/27
N2 - Based on a vignette experiment with Danish employers using five different descriptions of a fictitious job applicant, this article shows that disability is itself disqualifying for an applicant in a hiring process, regardless of what additional information related to the applicant the employer receives. Compared to a description of an impliedly able-bodied applicant, employers’ likelihood of hiring drops significantly when they receive an other-wise identical description of an applicant in which information on the applicant using a wheelchair is added. Adding information on economic compensation schemes increases the likelihood of hiring the disabled applicant slightly, but a recommendation from the public employment service does not motivate employers to take on the applicant and adding information on the potential for increased workload does not discourage them further. Overall, the results clearly demonstrate that physical disability tends to disqualify an applicant.
AB - Based on a vignette experiment with Danish employers using five different descriptions of a fictitious job applicant, this article shows that disability is itself disqualifying for an applicant in a hiring process, regardless of what additional information related to the applicant the employer receives. Compared to a description of an impliedly able-bodied applicant, employers’ likelihood of hiring drops significantly when they receive an other-wise identical description of an applicant in which information on the applicant using a wheelchair is added. Adding information on economic compensation schemes increases the likelihood of hiring the disabled applicant slightly, but a recommendation from the public employment service does not motivate employers to take on the applicant and adding information on the potential for increased workload does not discourage them further. Overall, the results clearly demonstrate that physical disability tends to disqualify an applicant.
KW - Disability
KW - Employment
KW - Vignette experiment
KW - Employers
KW - Disability
KW - Employment
KW - Employers
KW - Vignette experiment
M3 - Journal article
SP - 1
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
SN - 1501-7419
ER -