We use a randomized field experiment in Sweden to investigate how self-employment experience is valued in the labour market. Our results show that self-employment experience negatively impacts the likelihood of receiving a positive response from employers. For male applicants, this holds regardless of ethnic background, and independently of whether we consider applicants with experience solely from self-employment, or applicants with combined experience from wage employment and self-employment. For female applicants, the results are less clear-cut. Our findings provide input into the discussion about the impact of self-employment on the chances for individuals with different ethnic background to obtain wage employment.

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种族背景和自雇经验的价值：来自随机实地实验的证据*

我们在瑞典使用随机现场实验来调查自雇经验在劳动力市场中的价值。我们的结果表明，自雇经历会对从雇主那里得到积极回应的可能性产生负面影响。对于男性申请人，这与种族背景无关，并且与我们是否考虑仅具有自雇经验的申请人，或具有带薪就业和自雇经验的申请人无关。对于女性申请人来说，结果不太明确。我们的研究结果为关于自营职业对不同种族背景的个人获得有薪就业机会的影响的讨论提供了投入。