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Treatment increased permanent vacancy creation by 24% (0.047 vacancies per firm, p < 0.01) [11, 12] and pre-screening service usage by 58% (3.4 percentage point increase, p < 0.01) [13, 14], while reducing organic jobseeker applications received directly by firms by 39% (2.67 fewer applications, p < 0.01) [15-17].
Treated firms exhibited a 24% increase in permanent contract vacancy postings (0.047 additional vacancies over a 0.199 control mean, p < 0.01) and a 10.2% increase in permanent contract hires of registered jobseekers (0.046 additional hires over 0.450 control mean, p < 0.05), generating 17.5 additional theoretical workdays per firm (p < 0.05).
Vacancies created by treated firms showed no difference in offered wages (log wage diff = -0.017, p > 0.10) or required experience, but were 12.1 percentage points more likely to be low-skilled/unqualified positions (p < 0.01), confirming that vacancy cost reductions selectively unlock lower-productivity job creation.
Vacancies created by treatment firms were significantly more likely to require low skill levels and low qualifications, while offered wages showed no statistically significant difference compared to control group vacancies.
Lowering vacancy recruitment costs increased permanent contract job vacancies by 24% (+0.047 vacancies per firm, p < 0.01) and expanded net permanent job hires by 14% (+0.046 hires per firm, p < 0.05).