求职者技能信息有限情况下的求职与招聘

中文摘要

我们评估南非求职者的技能，并传播评估结果，以考察有限信息如何影响企业和求职者的行为。向求职者提供他们能够以可信方式与企业分享的评估结果，会增加求职者的就业和收入，并使他们的技能、信念与求职策略更加一致。向求职者提供他们难以与企业分享的评估结果，对信念和求职的影响类似，但对就业和收入的影响较小。仅向企业提供评估结果会改变面试决策。这些发现表明，将可信的技能信息传递给合适的主体，可以改善劳动力市场的结果。

Abstract

We assess South African workseekers’ skills and disseminate the assessment results to explore how limited information affects firm and workseeker behavior. Giving workseekers assessment results that they can credibly share with firms increases workseekers’ employment and earnings and better aligns their skills, beliefs and search strategies. Giving workseekers assessment results that they cannot easily share with firms has similar effects on beliefs and search, but smaller effects on employment and earnings. Giving assessment results only to firms shifts interview decisions. These findings show that getting credible skill information to the right agents can improve outcomes in the labor market. (JEL J22, J23, J24, J31, J41, J64, O15)