A Field Experiment on the Role of Socioemotional Skills and Gender for Hiring in Turkey
A vast literature shows the importance of socioemotional skills in earnings and employment, but whether they matter in getting hired remains unanswered. This study seeks to address this question and further investigates whether socioemotional skill...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/285701582055500779/A-Field-Experiment-on-the-Role-of-Socioemotional-Skills-and-Gender-for-Hiring-in-Turkey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33359 |
| Summary: | A vast literature shows the importance
of socioemotional skills in earnings and employment, but
whether they matter in getting hired remains unanswered.
This study seeks to address this question and further
investigates whether socioemotional skill signals in job
applicants' resumes have the same value for male and
female candidates. In a large-scale randomized audit study,
an online job portal in Turkey is used to send fictitious
resumes to real job openings, collecting a unique data set
that enables investigating different stages of candidate
screening. The study finds that socioemotional skills appear
to be valued only when an employer specifically asks for
such skills in the vacancy ad. When not asked for, however,
candidates can face a penalty in the form of lower callback
rates. A significant penalty is only observed for women, not
for men. The study does not find evidence of other gender
differences in the hiring process. |
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