%0 Report
        %A Baert, Stijn
%A Verhofstadt, Elsy
        %T Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        %D 2013
        %8 2013 Dec
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7845
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7845
        %X We identify hiring discrimination against former juvenile delinquents in a direct way. To this end we conduct a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. We find that labour market discrimination is indeed a major barrier in the transition to work for former juvenile delinquents. Labour market entrants disclosing a history of juvenile delinquency get about 22 percent less callback compared to their counterparts without a criminal record. This discrimination is more outspoken among the low-educated.
        %K hiring discrimination
%K field experiments
%K juvenile delinquency
%K transitions in youth