Tag
[signaling_theory]
2 findings
Labour & employmentCredential Signal InefficiencyAdding Canadian references, official degree accreditation, or permanent resident status to foreign-experienced resumes generated point estimates near zero with no statistically significant increase in callback rates.RCTLabour & employmentReference Letter Invalidation by NetworksAcquiring experimentally induced work experience reduced the probability of submitting a reference letter by 7.9 percentage points (p > 0.10) and decreased the frequency of reference letter submissions by 0.381 times, demonstrating that formal signaling via reference letters did not drive the observed wage gains.RCT