@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8318, author={Baert, Stijn}, title={Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence}, year={2014}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={8318}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8318}, abstract={We evaluate the effectiveness of wage subsidies as a policy instrument to integrate disabled individuals into the labour market. To identify causal effects, we conduct a large-scale field experiment in Belgium. Our results show that the likelihood of a disabled candidate receiving a positive response to a job application is not positively influenced by revealing entitlement to the Flemish Supporting Subsidy.}, keywords={wage subsidies;disability;labour market policy evaluation;discrimination}, }