Asymmetric information on noncognitive skills in the Indian labor market : an experiment in online job portal
Futoshi Yamauchi, Shinsaku Nomura, Saori Imaizumi, Ana Areias, Afra Chowdhury
This paper examines the impact of noncognitive (socio-emotional) skills on job market outcomes, using a randomized control trial implemented in an online job portal in India. Job seekers who registered in the portal were asked to take a Big-Five type personality test and, for a random subsample of the test takers, the results were displayed to potential employers. The outcomes are measured by whether a potential employer shortlisted a job seeker by opening (unlocking) his/her application and background information. The results show that the treatment group for whom test results were shown generally enjoyed a higher probability of unlock. That is, employers are more interested in those for whom they can see personality test results. Such a relationship was not seen in the pre-test period, which confirms that the results are unlikely to be spurious. The study also finds a significant impact among organized, calm, imaginative, and/or quiet applicants (no effect is detected among easy-going, sensitive, realistic, and/or outgoing applicants), which seems to display employers' preference
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March 2018
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Authors: | Yamauchi, Futoshi ; Nomura, Shinsaku ; Imaizumi, Saori ; Areias, Ana ; Chowdhury, Afra |
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Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Education Global Practice |
Subject: | Qualifikation | Occupational qualification | Digitale Plattform | Digital platform | Zweiter Arbeitsmarkt | Intermediate labour market | Arbeitsnachfrage | Labor demand | Indien | India |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 27 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | Policy research working paper : WPS. - Washington, DC : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2304170-5. - Vol. 8378 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.1596/1813-9450-8378 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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