Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India
American Economic Review: Insights, Vol. 5, Issue 4, Dec. 2023
Abstract
In a randomized experiment with 1,500 Indian firms, providing job portal advertising together with the ability to verify applicant identity increases portal-based hiring by 68 percent and the likelihood of filling a vacancy by 11 percent. Advertising attracts more skilled applicants, while verification lets firms screen unfamiliar candidates; neither treatment alone has much effect.
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