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Table 1 Summary statistics on job candidates

From: Testing the importance of search frictions and matching through a randomized experiment in Jordan

 

Control mean

Control SD

Treat mean

Treat SD

P-value

Male

0.43

0.50

0.40

0.49

0.120

Age

23.6

2.3

23.5

2.0

0.377

Years since Graduation

0.73

0.91

0.75

1.03

0.496

University

0.84

0.37

0.80

0.40

0.021

Ever Worked

0.60

0.49

0.65

0.48

0.211

Single

0.91

0.29

0.93

0.26

0.197

Tawjihi Score

72.3

11.7

73.0

11.1

0.636

Accounting or Business

0.33

0.47

0.36

0.48

0.406

Engineering

0.10

0.31

0.10

0.30

0.791

Computing or IT

0.13

0.34

0.10

0.31

0.597

Ability Score

0.01

1.30

−0.04

1.31

0.469

Soft Skills Score

−0.26

2.21

−0.15

2.37

0.696

Excel Test

62.6

21.8

63.3

21.9

0.571

English Test

56.1

19.4

57.2

20.1

0.730

Analytical Personality

6.78

2.84

6.80

2.94

0.995

Emotional Personality

3.49

3.16

3.68

3.34

0.321

Extroverted Personality

3.73

2.84

3.57

2.80

0.363

Opportunistic Personality

4.90

3.69

4.97

3.72

0.773

Dependable Personality

4.27

2.66

4.43

2.58

0.290

Sample Size

343

 

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  1. Note: P-value is for a test of no difference in means by treatment group after controlling for randomization strata.
  2. A chi-squared test of joint orthogonality has a p-value of 0.622.
  3. Source: Baseline survey of candidates applying for matching service.