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Trial Title
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Does online certification on a CV make a difference for a potential employer?
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Hiring Prospects of Online Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
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Abstract
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The present research is intended to study the effect of having an online specialization certification on a CV on the potential employers’ job posting response rates. The research idea is based on the widely acknowledged discrimination practices in the labor market and also speaks to the growing interest in the future of online education opportunities. The project implements the randomized controlled trials (RCT) to evaluate and inform job candidates as well as the MOOC platforms of potential benefits (or absence of those) of online certification as from the potential employers’ standpoint.
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The present research is intended to assess the employment premium of online specialization certificates by way of a randomized field experiment. The project draws upon labor market discrimination literature and speaks to the growing interest in the future of online education opportunities. The study’s results will inform job candidates as well as MOOC platforms of potential benefits of online certifications as from the potential employers’ standpoint.
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Trial End Date
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June 01, 2020
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June 01, 2021
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Last Published
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May 23, 2019 04:54 AM
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March 12, 2020 06:14 PM
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Intervention End Date
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June 01, 2020
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June 01, 2021
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Experimental Design (Public)
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The design is similar to the paper: Bertrand M., Mullainathan S. (2004). Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. The American Economic Review, 94(4), 991-1013.
The treatment group consists of fictitious applicants’ CVs with an online specialization certification on them while the control group includes the ones whose CVs don’t include this proof of the extra skills, holding every other applicant’s characteristics equal. The instruments include four variations of the CVs by the job applicant’s gender and regarding presence/absence of the online specialization certification on their CVs.
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The design is based on the seminal paper by Bertrand M. & Mullainathan S. (2004). Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination. The American Economic Review, 94(4), 991-1013.
The treatment group consists of fictitious applicants’ CVs with an online specialization certification on them while the control group includes the ones whose CVs don’t include this proof of the extra skills, holding every other applicant’s characteristics equal. The instruments include four variations of the CVs by the job applicant’s gender and regarding presence/absence of the online specialization certification on their CVs.
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Planned Number of Clusters
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10,800 job applications
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4,000 job applications
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Planned Number of Observations
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10,800 job applications
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4,000 job applications
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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The sample size has to consist of 2,700 job applications in each group: male applicants with online specialization certification on their CVs, male applicants without online specialization certification on their CVs, female applicants with online specialization certification on their CVs, female applicants without online specialization certification on their CVs.
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The number of job applications is expected to be up to 1,000 for each type of fictitious CVs: male applicants with online specialization certificate on their CVs, male applicants without online specialization certificate on their CVs, female applicants with online specialization certificate on their CVs, female applicants without online specializate certification on their CVs
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Pi as first author
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No
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Yes
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