Math skills and labor-market outcomes: Evidence from a resume-based field experiment

Cory Koedel and Eric Tyhurst

Economics of Education Review, 2012, vol. 31, issue 1, 131-140

Abstract: We examine the link between math skills and labor-market outcomes using a resume-based field experiment. Specifically, we send fictitious resumes in response to online job postings, randomly assigning some resumes to indicate stronger math skills, and measure employer responses. The resumes that are randomly assigned to indicate stronger math skills receive more interest from employers than the comparison resumes. Our findings add to the body of evidence showing that stronger math skills positively affect labor-market outcomes.

Keywords: Math skills; Math and labor market outcomes; Returns to math skills; Field experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J23 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.09.006

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