• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Gig-jobs: Stepping stones or dead ends?
  • Contributor: Adermon, Adrian [Author]; Hensvik, Lena [Author]
  • Published: Uppsala: Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), 2020
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: J23 ; discrimination ; Gig-jobs ; J71 ; correspondence study
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  • Description: How useful is work experience from the gig economy for labor market entrants searching for traditional wage jobs? We conducted a correspondence study in Sweden, comparing callback rates for recent high school graduates with (i) gig-experience, (ii) traditional experience, and (iii) unemployment history. We also study heterogeneous responses with respect to perceived foreign background. Our findings suggest that gig-experience is more valuable than unemployment, but less useful than traditional experience for majority applicants. Strikingly however, no form of labor market experience increases the callback rate for minority workers.
  • Access State: Open Access