Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal
This paper examines the impact of non-cognitive (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 sub-sample of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Yamauchi, Futoshi Nomura, Shinsaku Imaizumi, Saori Areias, Ana C Chowdhury, Afra R |
| author_browse | Areias, Ana C Chowdhury, Afra R Imaizumi, Saori Nomura, Shinsaku Yamauchi, Futoshi |
| author_facet | Yamauchi, Futoshi Nomura, Shinsaku Imaizumi, Saori Areias, Ana C Chowdhury, Afra R |
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| description | This paper examines the impact of non-cognitive (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 sub-sample of the test takers, the results were displayed to potential employers. Outcomes are measured by whether a potential employer shortlists a 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 above results are unlikely to be spurious. We also found a significant impact among organized, calm, imaginative and/or quiet applicants (no effect was detected among easy-going, sensitive, realistic and/or out-going applicants), which seems to display employers’ preferences. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1462102025-12-08T10:11:39Z Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal Yamauchi, Futoshi Nomura, Shinsaku Imaizumi, Saori Areias, Ana C Chowdhury, Afra R labour market random sampling capacity development psychology experimental design skill training This paper examines the impact of non-cognitive (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 sub-sample of the test takers, the results were displayed to potential employers. Outcomes are measured by whether a potential employer shortlists a 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 above results are unlikely to be spurious. We also found a significant impact among organized, calm, imaginative and/or quiet applicants (no effect was detected among easy-going, sensitive, realistic and/or out-going applicants), which seems to display employers’ preferences. 2018-07-20 2024-06-21T09:06:12Z 2024-06-21T09:06:12Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146210 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yamauchi, Futoshi; Nomura, Shinsaku; Imaizumi, Saori; Areias, Ana; and Chowdhury, Afra. 2018. Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1745. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146210 |
| spellingShingle | labour market random sampling capacity development psychology experimental design skill training Yamauchi, Futoshi Nomura, Shinsaku Imaizumi, Saori Areias, Ana C Chowdhury, Afra R Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title | Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title_full | Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title_fullStr | Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title_short | Asymmetric information on non-cognitive skills in the Indian labor market: An experiment using an online job portal |
| title_sort | asymmetric information on non cognitive skills in the indian labor market an experiment using an online job portal |
| topic | labour market random sampling capacity development psychology experimental design skill training |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146210 |
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