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Table 11 Dependent variable: if a resume receives a callback for an interview (accountant)

From: Do employers in Myanmar prefer workers who accumulated skills in more advanced countries? Evidence from a field experiment

 

Local

Foreign

Accountant

Senior accountant

Accountant

Senior accountant

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Malaysia

−0.017

−0.048

0.081

−0.124

(0.038)

(0.040)

(0.100)

(0.064)*

Singapore

−0.068

−0.015

0.048

−0.033

(0.036)*

(0.047)

(0.143)

(0.097)

Constant

0.207

0.342

0.580

0.163

(0.118)*

(0.193)*

(0.425)

(0.187)

Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

396

324

88

80

R 2

0.102

0.078

0.239

0.268

  1. Standard errors (clustered at the company level) are in parentheses. Controls include week fixed effects, resume template fixed effects, resume cover letter fixed effects, gender of an applicant, and a dummy indicating if a resume is associated with an address in a rich neighborhood
  2. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01