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Replication Data for: The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Replication Data for: The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/P8ETJ0
 
Creator Deming, David J.
Yuchtman, Noam
Abulafi, Amira
Goldin, Claudia
Katz, Lawrence F.
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description We study employers' perceptions of the value of postsecondary degrees using a field experiment. We randomly assign the sector and selectivity of institutions to fictitious resumes and apply to real vacancy postings for business and health jobs on a large online job board. We find that a business bachelor's degree from a for-profit online institution is 22 percent less likely to receive a callback than one from a nonselective public institution. In applications to health jobs, we find that for-profit credentials receive fewer callbacks unless the job requires an external quality indicator such as an occupational license.
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Contributor Parrado, Andres
 
Type Event/transaction data