Tag
signaling
4 findings
Labour & employmentDiscontinuous Skill Certification EffectBeing placed in a higher performance band generated a wage increase of 0.322 standard deviations at twice the optimal bandwidth (p < 0.10) and 0.332 standard deviations at the optimal bandwidth (p = 0.13).RCTLabour & employmentInternational Employer Experience PremiumThe wage returns from acquiring short-term work experience were significantly magnified for candidates with prior international employer experience, yielding an interaction coefficient of 1.731 on inverse hyperbolic sine daily wages (p < 0.05).RCTLabour & employmentDecoupling Search Intensity from Employment OutcomesThe transport subsidy increased active job search by **12.5%** (5 percentage points, p < 0.05) and job board visits by **30%** (9 percentage points, p < 0.01) but generated **zero 4-year wage gains**; conversely, the application workshop caused **no change in search intensity** or application volume, yet increased 4-year monthly earnings by **20%** (299.5 ETB, p < 0.05).RCTLabour & employmentThird-Party Credential Accreditation InefficacyAttaching formal third-party accreditation to foreign educational credentials produced virtually zero effect on callback rates (point estimates ranging from -0.014 to +0.007, statistically insignificant), failing to reduce the callback gap between foreign-educated and native-educated applicants.Observational Study