Data and Code for: Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) A. Nilesh Fernando, University of Notre Dame; Niharika Singh, Columbia University; Gabriel Tourek, University of Pittsburgh
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Project Citation:
Fernando, A. Nilesh, Singh, Niharika , and Tourek, Gabriel . Data and Code for: Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-11-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E187121V1
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Summary:
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These files contain data and code for the article: "Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India."
Article Abstract: Despite the growing prominence of online job portals, firms remain reluctant to hire outside traditional recruitment networks. We find that experimentally providing firms with a combination of advertising and the ability to verify an applicant's identity increases portal-based hiring by 68% and the likelihood of filling a vacancy by 11%. Advertising attracts more skilled applicants, while verification services allow employers to screen unfamiliar applicants. Portal-based hires are retained beyond the standard assessment period, suggesting they are well-suited to the vacancies. Firms assigned only advertising also attract more skilled applicants, but neither this intervention nor providing verification services alone increases hiring.
Article Abstract: Despite the growing prominence of online job portals, firms remain reluctant to hire outside traditional recruitment networks. We find that experimentally providing firms with a combination of advertising and the ability to verify an applicant's identity increases portal-based hiring by 68% and the likelihood of filling a vacancy by 11%. Advertising attracts more skilled applicants, while verification services allow employers to screen unfamiliar applicants. Portal-based hires are retained beyond the standard assessment period, suggesting they are well-suited to the vacancies. Firms assigned only advertising also attract more skilled applicants, but neither this intervention nor providing verification services alone increases hiring.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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firms;
online job portals;
screening;
hiring frictions
JEL Classification:
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J23 Labor Demand
L86 Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
J23 Labor Demand
L86 Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Geographic Coverage:
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Bengaluru, India
Time Period(s):
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11/2018 – 7/2020
Collection Date(s):
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11/2018 – 7/2020
Universe:
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Experimental sample of firms recruited from an Indian job portal
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data;
survey data
Methodology
Data Source:
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- Firm surveys, original data collection by the authors, 2018-2020
- Administrative data from QuikrJobs portal for the experimental sample, 2018-2020
Unit(s) of Observation:
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firm,
job posting/vacancy
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