Table 1 Sample means by applicant’s Hukou status, XMRC data

a. Contacted by HR department

0.072

0.086

b. Characteristics of the applicant:

 Education (years)

14.38

14.35

 Age (years)

25.94

24.56

 Experience (years)

4.11

3.16

 New graduate?

0.129

0.188

 Female

0.592

0.539

 Current wage listed?

0.691

0.695

 Current wage, if listed (yuan/month)

2303

2258

 Married

0.316

0.159

 Occupational qualification (Zhicheng)

1.128

1.199

 Myopic

0.334

0.297

 Height (cm)

165.5

165.6

 English CV available?

0.128

0.126

 Number of schools listed in the CV

0.831

0.775

 Number of experience spells described in the CV

2.715

2.420

 Number of certifications

1.380

1.171

c. Characteristics of the job ad:

 Education requested (years)

13.02

12.89

 Desired age range specified?

0.552

0.541

 Desired age, if requested (midpoint of interval)

27.47

27.09

 Experience requested

1.033

0.944

 New graduate requested?

0.047

0.043

 Male applicants requested?

0.129

0.135

 Female applicants requested?

0.328

0.298

 Wage advertised?

0.570

0.589

 Wage, if advertised (yuan/month, midpoint of interval)

2316

2366

 Number of positions advertised

1.883

2.121

 Number of applicants

181.3

190.2

d. Characteristics of the firm placing the Ad:

 Domestically owned

0.732

0.759

 Taiwan, Hong Kong ownership

0.100

0.089

 Foreign owned

0.168

0.152

 Xiamen firm location

0.968

0.970

 Fujian firm location

0.026

0.025

 Other firm location (within China)

0.005

0.004

 Number of employees

655

563

e. Sample size

17896

203239