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The Reluctance of Firms to Interview the Long-Term Unemployed

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Estimates from the Current Population Survey show that the probability of finding a job declines the longer one is unemployed. Is this due to a loss of skills from being unemployed, employer discrimination against the long-term unemployed, or are there characteristics of workers in this segment of the workforce that lower their probability of finding a job? Studies that send out fictitious resumes find that employers do consider the length of unemployment in deciding whom to interview. Our recent work examines how such employer screening based on unemployment duration ultimately affects job-finding rates and long-term unemployment.

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  • Gregor Jarosch & Laura Pilossoph, 2016. "The Reluctance of Firms to Interview the Long-Term Unemployed," Liberty Street Economics 20160803, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednls:87141
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    Unemployment; Discrimination;

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    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General

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