Do Financial Incentives Encourage Women to Apply for a Tech Job? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Jan Feld, Edwin Ip, Andreas Leibbrandt and Joseph Vecci

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, vol. 113, 432-35

Abstract: We conduct a natural field experiment to test whether offering financial incentives encourages more female job seekers to complete their applications for a tech job. All eligible applicants for the job were invited to perform an online skill assessment. We randomized whether or not they were offered an incentive of up to $10 for completing the assessment. We find no significant effect of the incentive for female applicants (or male applicants).

JEL-codes: C93 D81 J16 J22 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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