Table 13 Dependent variable: if a resume is the first to receive a callback for an interview (all occupations)

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

	Local and foreign		Local		Foreign
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
Panel A
Foreign experience	−0.032	−0.030	−0.060	−0.061	0.059	0.037
Foreign experience	(0.076)	(0.076)	(0.087)	(0.087)	(0.161)	(0.165)
Constant	−1.056	−0.927	−1.078	−1.026	−0.974	−0.462
Constant	(0.050)***	(0.158)***	(0.056)***	(0.181)***	(0.106)***	(0.320)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
N	1938	1938	1538	1538	400	400
Pseudo R²	0.000	0.021	0.000	0.028	0.000	0.041
Panel B
Malaysia	−0.067	−0.079	−0.055	−0.073	−0.107	−0.178
Malaysia	(0.092)	(0.093)	(0.104)	(0.105)	(0.201)	(0.204)
Singapore	0.001	0.017	−0.066	−0.048	0.185	0.194
Singapore	(0.090)	(0.090)	(0.104)	(0.104)	(0.184)	(0.188)
Constant	−1.056	−0.922	−1.078	−1.025	−0.974	−0.444
Constant	(0.050)***	(0.158)***	(0.056)***	(0.181)***	(0.106)***	(0.328)
Controls	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
N	1938	1938	1538	1538	400	400
Pseudo R²	0.000	0.022	0.000	0.028	0.006	0.049

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
*p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01

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