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Soft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discrimination

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dc.contributor.authorValencia, Christian
dc.contributor.authorJanzen, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorGhorpade, Yashodhan
dc.contributor.authorAbdur Rahman, Amanina
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-18T13:22:49Z
dc.date.available2024-04-18T13:22:49Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-18
dc.description.abstractThis paper conducts a correspondence study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of hiring discrimination in Malaysia. No evidence of gender-based discrimination is found, including in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics occupations. However, in line with previous studies in the same context, there is evidence of ethnic discrimination. The paper then test the relevance of two soft skills: leadership and teamwork. These tests find some evidence that the labor market rewards simple signals of teamwork for the average applicant. Teamwork also plays an important role in the context of labor market discrimination, reducing the discrimination gap by 40 percent. In contrast, signaling leadership skills has no effect. Last, the paper considers the role of labor market competition. Companies facing competition in the labor market, measured by the number of competitors advertising similar positions, are 56 to 66 percent less likely to discriminate. On the supply side, discrimination increases with the relative quality of the pool of applicants. The results provide novel evidence that soft skills and labor market competition both play important roles in understanding hiring discrimination. This underlines potential pathways to overcome labor market discrimination and improve job matching.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099951104172438097/IDU140fa01051b52314c131b6ad1e5378c9e0c0b
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10755
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41435
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10755
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectSOFT SKILLS
dc.subjectCOMPETITION
dc.titleSoft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discriminationen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleSoft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discrimination
okr.date.disclosure2024-04-18
okr.date.lastmodified2024-04-17T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10755
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10755
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryMalaysia
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Education,Public Administration - Health,Social Protection
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Work & Working Conditions
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor EAP (HEASP)
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