TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Baert, Stijn
AU  - Verhofstadt, Elsy
        TI  - Labour Market Discrimination against Former Juvenile Delinquents: Evidence from a Field Experiment
        PY  - 2013/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7845
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7845
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - hiring discrimination
KW  - field experiments
KW  - juvenile delinquency
KW  - transitions in youth
        ER  -