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Table 16 Dependent variable: if a resume is the first to receive a callback for an interview (engineer)

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)

Panel A (engineer)

0.002

−0.035

0.151

 Malaysia

(0.150)

(0.171)

(0.372)

 

−0.035

−0.027

0.194

 Singapore

(0.148)

(0.175)

(0.336)

 

−1.120

−1.360

−0.372

 Constant

(0.284)***

(0.344)***

(0.463)

 

0.002

−0.035

0.151

 Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

 N

752

586

146

 Pseudo R2

0.037

0.060

0.115

Panel B (civil engineer)

   

 Malaysia

−0.215

−0.305

0.115

 

(0.240)

(0.283)

(0.573)

 Singapore

−0.109

−0.024

−0.101

 

(0.252)

(0.300)

(0.769)

 Constant

−1.246

−1.299

−1.706

 

(0.432)***

(0.481)***

(0.812)**

 Controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

 N

286

212

56

 Pseudo R2

0.055

0.086

0.145

  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
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