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Table 3 Determinants of digital job search, probit marginal estimates (baseline data). Labor-market Intermediation Program, Lima 2009–2010

From: Integrating mobile phone technologies into labor-market intermediation: a multi-treatment experimental design

 

Marginal effects

 

Digital internet + cell phones

Internet

Cell phones

A. Socio-demographic characteristics

Gender (1 = men, 0 = women)

0.023

−0.026

0.097***

 

(0.028)

(0.036)

(0.032)

Age

−0.003

0.000

−0.004

 

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

Single

0.032

0.064

−0.038

 

(0.047)

(0.063)

(0.053)

Has children

0.105*

0.188**

−0.006

 

(0.058)

(0.081)

(0.076)

Number of children

−0.028

−0.076*

−0.000

 

(0.029)

(0.041)

(0.036)

Migrant

0.065

0.062

0.087*

 

(0.043)

(0.061)

(0.053)

Years from migration

−0.000

−0.000

−0.000

 

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.003)

Years of schooling

0.007

0.004

0.016**

 

(0.048)

(0.007)

(0.006)

Poor

0.007

−0.145**

0.141***

 

(0.048)

(0.063)

(0.054)

Less poor

−0.036

−0.095*

0.066

 

(0.041)

(0.052)

(0.047)

B. Labor-market characteristics

Worked under formal contract

0.021

0.038

−0.014

 

(0.038)

(0.050)

(0.043)

Had pension plan

0.084

0.048

0.006

 

(0.071)

(0.101)

(0.089)

Had health insurance

0.007

0.077

0.023

 

(0.078)

(0.095)

(0.088)

Worked as blue-collar

−0.009

0.000

−0.011

 

(0.035)

(0.047)

(0.039)

Never work

−0.283***

−0.134**

−0.293***

 

(0.047)

(0.054)

(0.042)

Job gain expectations (1 = high, 0 = otherwise)

0.162***

0.159***

0.075**

 

(0.031)

(0.038)

(0.034)

C. Cell phones experience

Up to one year

0.097**

0.105*

0.097*

 

(0.036)

(0.054)

(0.050)

Between one and three years

0.043

0.023

0.025

 

(0.029)

(0.039)

(0.036)

D. Internet experience

Has computer at home

0.279***

0.521***

−0.124

 

(0.032)

(0.033)

(0.084)

Use computer less than three years

0.005

0.148**

−0.092

 

(0.060)

(0.067)

(0.069)

Use computer between three and five years

−0.031

0.046

−0.053

 

(0.063)

(0.072)

(0.071)

Use computer more than 5 years

0.117**

0.220***

−0.010

 

(0.052)

(0.063)

(0.070)

Internet café in the neighborhood

0.331***

0.688***

−0.066

 

(0.073)

(0.055)

(0.081)

Internet café one block away from neighborhood

0.095**

0.062

0.067

 

(0.040)

(0.052)

(0.051)

Internet café one to three blocks away from neighborhood

0.016

0.005

0.021

 

(0.043)

(0.053)

(0.053)

Internet café is 12 to 24 months old

0.007

0.086

−0.083

 

(0.063)

(0.070)

(0.070)

Internet café is more than 24 months old

−0.029

0.032

0.007

 

(0.047)

(0.057)

(0.053)

E. Search channels

Cell phone job search

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0.349***

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(0.033)

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Internet job search

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0.393***

 

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(0.035)

N

1188

1188

1188

  1. Notes: Standard errors in parentheses. Marginal effects from probit estimates using baseline data. The ‘digital’ outcome is defined as a dummy variable that takes the value 1 for those who use Internet or cell phones for job search activities, 0 otherwise. ***statistically significant at 1%, **statistically significant at 5%, *statistically significant at 10%.
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