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Table 4 Dependent variable: if a resume is the first to receive a callback for an interview (software developer/programmer)

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

 

Software developer/programmer

Local and foreign

Local

Foreign

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Panel A

      

 Foreign experience

0.189

0.190

0.132

0.127

0.333

0.233

(0.081)**

(0.086)

(0.086)

(0.096)

(0.189)*

(0.221)

 Constant

0.162

0.104

0.132

0.103

0.238

0.473

(0.043)***

(0.151)

(0.047)***

(0.154)

(0.096)**

(0.313)

 Controls

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

N

148

148

106

106

42

42

R2

0.047

0.174

0.027

0.145

0.115

0.445

Panel B

      

 Malaysia

0.124

0.123

0.099

0.109

0.206

0.036

(0.098)

(0.111)

(0.105)

(0.121)

(0.235)

(0.326)

 Singapore

0.248

0.255

0.164

0.145

0.429

0.392

(0.097)**

(0.093)*

(0.106)

(0.112)

(0.204)*

(0.216)

 Constant

0.162

0.143

0.132

0.114

0.238

0.399

(0.043)***

(0.151)

(0.047)***

(0.153)

(0.098)**

(0.248)

 Controls

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

F(Singapore = Malaysia)

1.25

1.36

0.28

0.07

0.97

1.17

N

148

148

106

106

42

42

R2

0.057

0.184

0.031

0.146

0.140

0.484

  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. The F-statistics are F-tests for the Singapore and Malaysia effects being equal
  2. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01. p values are adjusted for multiple hypothesis tests using Holm’s method (Holm 1979)