Arbeitspapier
Do They Find You on Facebook? Facebook Profile Picture and Hiring Chances
We investigate whether the publicly available information on Facebook about job applicants affects employers' hiring decisions. To this end, we conduct a field experiment in which fictitious job applications are sent to real job openings in Belgium. The only characteristic in which these candidates differ is the unique Facebook profile that can be found online with their name. Candidates with the most beneficial Facebook picture obtain approximately 39% more job interview invitations compared to candidates with the least beneficial picture. In addition, we find suggestive evidence for a higher effect of Facebook profile picture appearance on hiring chances when candidates are highly educated and when recruiters are female.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9584
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Labor Discrimination: Other
Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- Thema
-
hiring
screening
Facebook
Internet
personality
attractiveness
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Baert, Stijn
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
-
Bonn
- (wann)
-
2015
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
Datenpartner
Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Baert, Stijn
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2015
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market : Evidence from a field experiment
A Signal of (Train)ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances
A Signal of (Train)Ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market : Evidence from a field experiment
A Signal of (Train)ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances
A Signal of (Train)Ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Hiring Discrimination: An Overview of (Almost) All Correspondence Experiments Since 2005
Wage Subsidies and Hiring Chances for the Disabled: Some Causal Evidence
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring: Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Field experimental evidence on gender discrimination in hiring : Biased as Heckman and Siegelman predicted?
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
Hiring a Homosexual, Taking a Risk? A Lab Experiment on Employment Discrimination and Risk Aversion
The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market : Evidence from a field experiment
A Signal of (Train)ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances