G²LM|LIC - Impacts of Local Labor Market Information on Search and Employment: Evidence from India

This study sought to understand the impacts of providing customized and timely labor market information on the search and employment decisions of job seekers. The sample of job seekers was recruited from an online job portal, QuirkJobs.com, via advertisements on the website and on email between February 2021 and January 2022. The advertisement invited individuals searching for jobs in 9 cities and 5 occupations on the portal to participate in a study where they could access information that might be useful in their job search. To be eligible for the study, job seekers had to complete a baseline survey. Treatment assignment and delivery occurred after completion of the baseline survey. Trained enumerators at JPAL South Asia/IFMR surveyed eligible respondents over the phone roughly 6 months after the baseline survey. If respondents could not be reached on the phone, they were sent a survey link via email/text message with a short version of the follow-up. A response rate of 56% in the follow-up survey was achieved. The following datasets related to the study are available. Baseline survey: Completed by respondents directly on online survey platform. Follow-up survey: Completed either by enumerators through phone calls with respondents (long version) or by respondents using a survey link (short version) Administrative portal data: Collected in partnership with the portal for respondents in the study. This covers user activity one month prior to and up to six months after they are sampled into the study.

本研究旨在探究提供定制化和及时劳动市场信息对求职者求职及就业决策的影响。样本求职者通过在线求职平台QuirkJobs.com，在2021年2月至2022年1月期间，通过网站及电子邮件上的广告进行招募。广告邀请在平台上寻找9个城市及5个职业岗位的求职者参与一项研究，他们可以获取可能在求职过程中有用的信息。为了符合研究条件，求职者需完成一项基线调查。在完成基线调查后进行干预分配和实施。JPAL南亚/IFMR的经过培训的调查员在基线调查后大约6个月通过电话对符合条件的受访者进行调查。如果无法通过电话联系到受访者，则会通过电子邮件/短信发送包含简短后续调查的链接。后续调查的回复率为56%。与本研究相关的以下数据集可供使用。基线调查：由受访者直接在线调查平台完成。后续调查：由调查员通过电话与受访者进行（长版本）或由受访者使用调查链接（简版本）完成。行政门户数据：与平台合作收集的研究对象数据。这包括他们在被抽样进入研究的前一个月及之后的六个月内用户活动记录。