Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment
نویسندگان
چکیده
Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations: Evidence from a Field Experiment Subjective expectations are fundamental for understanding individual behavior. Yet, little is known about how individuals use new information to formulate and update their subjective expectations. In this study, we exploit data from a multi-treatment field experiment to investigate how job-market information sent to jobseekers via short text messages (SMS) influence subjective job gain expectations in Peru. Results show that jobseekers who received digital intermediation based on a large information set increased their before-after job gain expectations relative to the control group. Independently of the information channel, no significant effects were found when labor-market intermediation is based on a restricted (short) set of information. JEL Classification: I3, J2
منابع مشابه
The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment
The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment We provide new evidence on the link between beauty and hiring practices in the labor market. Specifically, we study if people with less attractive faces are less likely to be contacted after submitting a resume. Our empirical strategy is based on an experimental approach. We sent fictitious resumes with pictures of ...
متن کاملThe Effects of Algorithmic Labor Market Recommendations: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Algorithmically recommending workers to employers for the purpose of recruiting can substantially increase hiring: in an experiment conducted in an online labor market, employers with technical job vacancies that received recruiting recommendations had a 20% higher fill rate compared to the control. There is no evidence that the treatment crowded-out hiring of non-recommended candidates. The ex...
متن کاملDuration Dependence and Local Labor Market Conditions: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment
This paper studies “duration dependence”—the probability that a longer unemployment spell reduces a worker’s job opportunities —by sending fictitious resumes to real job postings across the U.S. We randomly manipulate the length of the current unemployment spell on each fictitious resume, and we track callbacks for interviews for all submissions. Preliminary results from the ongoing field exper...
متن کاملCreating Connections For the Disadvantaged : Networks and Labor Market Intermediaries at the Hiring Interface ©
All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission, provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. Abstract Scholars interested in race inequality have been particularly attracted to network accounts of the stratifying effects of social networks in the labor market. A recurring theme in policy‐oriented resea...
متن کاملExamining the Duration of Unemployment, Reasons for Leaving the Job and Staying in the Labor Market
Abstract. With the industrialization of societies, the issue of employment also faced changes. specially For women, with the increase in the level of education, their desire to do jobs that were exclusive to men in the past, has become a tendency to engage in social activities along with men. Men also try to enter the labor market as soon as possible due to family responsibilities and the duty...
متن کامل