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Field Before After
Trial End Date August 31, 2014 December 31, 2014
Last Published May 03, 2017 08:48 AM May 03, 2017 08:57 AM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date December 31, 2014
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 2,621 jobs
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 10,484 resumes
Public Data URL https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20141757
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20141757
Data Collection Completion Date November 30, 2014
Is data available for public use? Yes
Intervention End Date June 30, 2014 December 31, 2014
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Papers

Field Before After
Paper Abstract e 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
Paper Citation Deming, David J., Noam Yuchtman, Amira Abulafi, Claudia Goldin, and Lawrence F. Katz. 2016. "The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study." American Economic Review, 106(3): 778-806.
Paper URL https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20141757
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