| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w18720 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 18720 |
| Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets? | |
| Ajay K. Agrawal; Nicola Lacetera; Elizabeth Lyons | |
| 发表日期 | 2013-01-17 |
| 出版年 | 2013 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Online markets reduce certain transaction costs related to global outsourcing. We focus on the role of verified work experience information in affecting online hiring decisions. Prior research shows that additional information about job applicants may disproportionately help or hinder disadvantaged populations. Using data from a major online contract labor platform, we find that contractors from less developed countries (LDCs) are disadvantaged relative to those from developed countries (DCs) in terms of their likelihood of being hired. However, we also find that although verified experience information increases the likelihood of being hired for all applicants, this effect is disproportionately large for LDC contractors. The LDC experience premium applies to other outcomes as well (wage bids, obtaining an interview, being shortlisted). Moreover, it is stronger for experienced employers, suggesting that learning is required to interpret this information. Finally, other platform tools (e.g., monitoring) partially substitute for the LDC experience premium; this provides additional support for the interpretation that the effect is due to information about experience rather than skills acquired from experience. We discuss implications for the geography of production and public policy. |
| 主题 | International Economics ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Labor Discrimination ; Development and Growth ; Development ; Innovation and R& ; D |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w18720 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576394 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ajay K. Agrawal,Nicola Lacetera,Elizabeth Lyons. Does Information Help or Hinder Job Applicants from Less Developed Countries in Online Markets?. 2013. |
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