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 | Non-digital T1 | Digital T2 | Digital T3 | Control | p-value of t -test | p-value of F test |
Baseline variables | D T1 | D T2 | D T3 | D c | Treatment = Control | [D T1  = D T2  = D T3  = D C ] |
A. Socio-demographic | ||||||
Sex (1 = male) | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.65 |
Age | 27.04 | 25.33 | 26.27 | 25.55 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Years of schooling | 12.15 | 12.09 | 12.06 | 11.94 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
Single | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.46 |
Have children | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.22 |
Number of children | 0.55 | 0.39 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.12 |
Migrant | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.48 | 0.75 |
Access to flush toilet | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.11 | 0.29 |
Access to safe water | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.40 | 0.39 |
Poverty index | 0.06 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.68 | 0.64 |
B. Labor-market experience | ||||||
Worked ever | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.97 |
Discouraged worker | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
Unemployment duration (days) | 75 | 105 | 104 | 99 | 0.60 | 0.22 |
Characteristics of job at baseline | ||||||
Monthly income (in soles) | 604 | 688 | 689 | 650 | 0.81 | 0.24 |
Had formal contract | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.84 | 0.79 |
White-collar worker | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.42 |
Had health insurance | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.50 |
Had pension plan | 0.26 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
Characteristics of last job | ||||||
Monthly income (in soles) | 659 | 664 | 691 | 729 | 0.28 | 0.70 |
Had formal contract | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 0.28 | 0.01 |
White-collar worker | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.25 | 0.20 |
Had health insurance | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.39 |
Had pension plan | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.70 | 0.49 |
C. Digital technologies and job search | ||||||
Number of search methods | 1.69 | 1.56 | 1.68 | 1.67 | 0.90 | 0.72 |
Number of hours-week job search | 5.68 | 5.18 | 5.48 | 5.68 | 0.63 | 0.79 |
Number of hours-week in public channels | 0.77 | 1.01 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.90 | 0.65 |
Number of hours-week in private channels | 4.90 | 4.01 | 4.67 | 4.84 | 0.52 | 0.28 |
Use cell phone | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.14 | 0.43 |
Use cell phone for job search | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.79 |
Cell phone to contact prospective employers | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 0.83 |
Cell phone to contact public LMIs | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.74 | 0.65 |
Cell phone to contact private LMIs | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.85 |
Use internet | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.98 | 0.86 |
Use internet for job search | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.91 |
Access internet from home | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.30 |
Access internet from internet cafes | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.13 | 0.35 |
Access internet from work | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.83 | 0.62 |
N | 345 | 188 | 303 | 354 | Â | Â |