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Table 7 Dependent variable: if a resume receives a callback conditional on employers that call back one applicant out of two

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

Occupation

Software developer

Accountant

Engineer

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Foreign experience

0.455

0.623

−0.246

−0.182

0.208

0.230

(0.289)

(0.358)

(0.126)*

(0.136)

(0.136)

(0.141)

Constant

0.273

0.678

0.623

0.480

0.396

0.266

(0.144)*

(0.329)*

(0.063)***

(0.156)***

(0.068)***

(0.139)*

Controls

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

N

22

22

122

122

106

106

R 2

0.207

0.855

0.060

0.197

0.043

0.234

  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. p values are adjusted for multiple hypothesis tests using Holm’s method (Holm 1979)