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The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

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creativework.datePublishedPublished: 09 May 2024
creativeworkseries.issn1564-698X
dc.contributor.authorJones, Sam
dc.contributor.authorSen, Kunal
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-12T18:28:16Z
dc.date.available2025-02-12T18:28:16Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-12
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the impact of digital labor-market platforms on job outcomes using a randomized encouragement design embedded in a longitudinal survey of Mozambican technical-vocational college graduates. We differentiate between platforms targeting formal jobs, where jobseekers direct their search, and informal tasks, where clients seek workers. Our analysis reveals statistically insignificant intent-to-treat and complier average treatment effects for headline employment outcomes in the full sample. Notably, while the average male moderately benefits from platform usage, women do not. Instead, they are less responsive to the encouragement nudge, and female treatment compliers report higher reservation wages and lower job searches. This suggests digital platforms can inadvertently perpetuate gender disparities in labor markets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099615202052537340/IDU152ae932e1578f14d541850e1bd6debbbce38
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae019
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/42803
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42803
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectDIGITAL PLATFORMS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectMOZAMBIQUE
dc.titleThe Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platformsen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Mozambiqueen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/39/1/143/7667623 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure2025-02-12
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:52:40.776117Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-02-05T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099615202052537340/IDU152ae932e1578f14d541850e1bd6debbbce38
okr.guid099615202052537340
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-52ae932e-578f-4d54-850e-bd6debbbce38
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae019
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34453058
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34453058
okr.identifier.report197041
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber143–163
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099615202052537340/pdf/IDU152ae932e1578f14d541850e1bd6debbbce38.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMozambique
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Applications
okr.unitUrban DRM AFR West and Central 1 (IAWU1)
okr.volume39(1)
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