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Last Published
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May 03, 2017 08:57 AM
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May 03, 2017 10:56 AM
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Intervention (Public)
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The details of our intervention will remain hidden until the trial is complete.
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Despite growing demand, the supply of highly skilled college graduates in the U.S. has not kept pace. In contrast to sluggish growth in the public sector, enrollment in for-profit institutions has grown rapidly over the last fifteen years. Yet little is known about the labor market return to a for-profit education. Do employers value credentials from some institutions more than others? We address these questions using a large-scale resume audit field experiment. We construct fictitious resumes, randomly vary the institution from which the job applicant received a degree or certificate, and apply to job vacancies that are posted on a large, national job search website. While our primary research question concerns employers’ valuations of a for-profit versus public credential, we also test the impact of having any credential for job vacancies that do not require it. Additionally, our planned sample size allows us to examine heterogeneity by occupation, degree, and labor market. In this pre-analysis plan, we describe the structure of the experiment, and we present early results from a pilot version of our study. The full version of the study went into the field on Monday, March 31st and will conclude by the end of November 2014.
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Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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Our key outcome variables will remain hidden until the trial is complete.
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Whether an employer calls or emails in response to a submitted resume.
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Experimental Design (Public)
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Our experimental design will remain hidden until the trial is complete.
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See the paper and pre-analysis plan for details.
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Planned Number of Clusters
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4,000.
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2,621 job vacancies.
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Planned Number of Observations
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16,000.
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10,484 resumes.
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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1,000 in each of 4 treatment arms.
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2,621 in each of 4 treatment arms.
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Intervention (Hidden)
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Despite growing demand, the supply of highly skilled college graduates in the U.S. has not kept pace. In contrast to sluggish growth in the public sector, enrollment in for-profit institutions has grown rapidly over the last fifteen years. Yet little is known about the labor market return to a for-profit education. Do employers value credentials from some institutions more than others? We address these questions using a large-scale resume audit field experiment. We construct fictitious resumes, randomly vary the institution from which the job applicant received a degree or certificate, and apply to job vacancies that are posted on a large, national job search website. While our primary research question concerns employers’ valuations of a for-profit versus public credential, we also test the impact of having any credential for job vacancies that do not require it. Additionally, our planned sample size allows us to examine heterogeneity by occupation, degree, and labor market. In this pre-analysis plan, we describe the structure of the experiment, and we present early results from a pilot version of our study. The full version of the study went into the field on Monday, March 31st and will conclude by the end of June 2014.
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Public analysis plan
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No
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Yes
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