Data and Code for: Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India

These files contain data and code for the article: "Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India."<br><br>Article Abstract: Despite the growing prominence of online job portals, firms remain reluctant to hire outside traditional recruitment networks. We find that experimentally providing firms with a combination of advertising and the ability to verify an applicant's identity increases portal-based hiring by 68% and the likelihood of filling a vacancy by 11%. Advertising attracts more skilled applicants, while verification services allow employers to screen unfamiliar applicants. Portal-based hires are retained beyond the standard assessment period, suggesting they are well-suited to the vacancies. Firms assigned only advertising also attract more skilled applicants, but neither this intervention nor providing verification services alone increases hiring.<br><br><br>