Exploring Disability Disadvantage in Hiring: A Factorial Survey among Norwegian Employers

[Attitudes of Polish employers toward hiring mentally ill people].

AIM The purpose of the study was to learn about the opinions of employers from small and medium sized enterprises regarding hiring mentally ill people and to identify barriers hindering such employment. METHOD The study was carried out by the Public Opinion Research Center in 2007 on an all-Poland representative sample of 503 employers. A questionnaire entitled "Employers' opinions on hiring ...

Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Do Employers Use Unemployment as a Sorting Criterion When Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment In this paper, we use unique data from a field experiment in the Swedish labor market to investigate how past and contemporary unemployment affect a young worker’s probability of being invited to a job interview. In contrast to studies using registry/survey data, we have complete control over the ...

A survey among potential employers for developing a curriculum in public health nutrition.

OBJECTIVES To describe which functions potential employers of public health nutritionists in Norway find important for a person trained in public health nutrition to be able to carry out. Further, to illustrate how the findings were used in the development of a curriculum for a bachelor in public health nutrition at Akershus University College. DESIGN A non-random, cross-sectional survey usin...

Employers Skill Survey: Case Study Hospitality Sector

Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: A population based survey

BACKGROUND A change in pattern of tobacco use has been observed in the last decade in Norway. Snuff use and occasional smoking have to some degree replaced daily smoking among adolescents and young adults. Daily smoking is known to be negatively associated with social background factors, but little is known about these associations for other types of tobacco use. Our aim was to study different ...