Table 1 Summary statistics

Website-level attributes

 # of visitors (in 100,000) in a month

10.816

28.630

 # of page views per visit

19.634

54.645

 Job posting fee per day of posting

3.617

2.909

 CV posting fee per day of posting

0.003

0.020

 CV access fee per month of access

266.069

300.079

 Free access to CVs with purchase of job ad

0.251

0.434

 Discount offered to employers

0.419

0.495

 Discount offered to job searchers

0.019

0.139

 Age of website

7.245

2.893

 Receipt of Weddle’s choice award

0.027

0.164

 General website

0.018

0.135

 # of job categories on website

2.429

1.138

 # of CV categories on website

1.594

1.218

 National website

0.649

0.478

 Career info offered

0.931

0.253

 Match notification offered

0.800

0.401

 # of job postings

41,275

174,635

 # of CV postings

361,729

1,398,824

Market-level attributes

 Residents with internet access (in %)

67.934

2.513

 Log population

18.327

1.718

 Population density

162.073

186.704

 Residents with college degree (in %)

27.958

2.534

 Employment in information sector (in %)

2.266

0.355

 Unemployment rate

4.872

0.447

 Job creation rate

15.730

1.113

Craigslist exposure

 Job postings on Craigslist (in 1000)^a

909.443

839.953

 Job postings on Craigslist (in 1000)^b

5.743

13.434

 Years of Craigslist’s presence^a

8.349

2.933

 Years of Craigslist’s presence^b

1.560

2.828