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The Impact of Military Work Experience on Later Hiring Chances in the Civilian Labour Market. Evidence from a Field Experiment

Published:2013-08-19 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:1864-6042
Container-title:Economics
language:en
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Author:

Baert Stijn¹,Balcaen Pieter²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Social Economics , Ghent University , Tweekerkenstraat 2, B–9000 Ghent , Belgium

2. Department of Social Economics , Ghent University , Belgium

Abstract

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.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2013-37/pdf

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