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Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers~^!!^ Skills : Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills (English)

This paper presents field experimental evidence that limited information about workseekers~^!!^ skills distorts both firm and workseeker behavior. Assessing workseekers~^!!^ skills, giving workseekers their assessment results, and helping them to credibly share the results with firms increases workseekers~^!!^ employment and earnings. It also aligns their beliefs and search strategies more closely with their skills. Giving assessment results only...
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Carranza,Eliana; Garlick,Robert James; Orkin,Kate; Rankin,Neil Andrew.

Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers~^!!^ Skills : Job Search and Hiring with Two-Sided Limited Information about Workseekers' Skills (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9345 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/797911596131488697

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