Tag
job_fairs
3 findings
Labour & employmentGale-Shapley Algorithmic Match RecommendationAlgorithmic match recommendations increased the probability of actual worker-firm meetings by ~200% compared to non-recommended pairs ($p < 0.01$), whereas randomly suggested match recommendations showed no statistically significant effect ($p > 0.10$).RCTLabour & employmentLabor Market Information Provision and Job FairsIn Ethiopia, job fairs corrected distorted beliefs about employment prospects and enhanced job search outcomes for job seekers with strong initial misconceptions. In the Philippines, a job fair sharing overseas labor market information increased the likelihood of seeking employment outside the local region and entering formal sector employment. In Germany, providing information about the job search process increased employment and earnings for workers at risk of long-term unemployment.RCTLabour & employmentUncredentialed Job Fair IneffectivenessUncredentialed job fairs produced zero statistically significant long-term impacts on youth employment or earnings, functioning only to realign biased subjective beliefs regarding workforce market availability.RCT