job search
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Barriers to Search and Hiring in Urban Labour Markets
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The race between the marriage and the labour markets
In Pakistan, encouraging women to apply for jobs immediately after graduation significantly improves their likelihood of working by enabling them to enter the labour market before marriage pressures intensify. Results are driven by the women who misp...
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Helping jobseekers understand their skills boosted earnings in South Africa
Short, low-cost workshops helped young South African jobseekers to learn about their skills, search for better-matched vacancies, and raise their earnings by 25%.
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Reexamining whether, when and how developing country governments should provide job training and job search support
Recent evidence offers reasons to be a little more optimistic about job training and intermediation programmes, but there remain some reasons for caution
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Simplifying communication dramatically increased job application rates on a platform in Pakistan
Lowering the psychological cost of initiating job applications dramatically increases application rates without lowering the average return to each job application
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How relationships between jobseekers affect labour market interventions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Job-search networks can be weakened by labour market interventions, such as job-search assistance, which can have adverse consequences for individuals who do not receive assistance
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The effect of plan-making prompts on job search and employment in South Africa
Action plans are a cost-effective way to improve job search outcomes for unemployed youth
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When goals get in the way: Imperfect information in job search in South Africa
Reducing transport costs and increasing exposure to the labour market leads to job seekers improving targeting in the job search
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The value of reference letters: Experimental evidence from South Africa
References from former employers help women to find jobs and assist hiring firms in selecting high-ability candidates