From: The impact of Craigslist’s entry on competing employment websites
Sample | A panel of employment websites (2005/06–2007/08) | |||||
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National websites compete with Craigslist | National websites do not compete with Craigslist | |||||
Dependent variable | Fee for a day of job posting ($) | Fee for a month of access to CVs ($) | Fee for a day of CV posting ($) | Fee for a day of job posting ($) | Fee for a month of access to CVs ($) | Fee for a day of CV posting ($) |
Measure of exposure | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Years since Craigslist’s entry | −2.413 | −254.741 | −0.002 | −0.033 | −35.228 | 0.001 |
(1.515)* | (199.591) | (0.010) | (0.160) | (56.968) | (0.002) | |
Number of job ads on Craigslist (in 1000) | 0.009 | 75.921 | 0.000 | 0.044 | −28.840*** | 0.000 |
(0.072) | (60.719) | (0.001) | (0.036) | (2.152) | (0.000) | |
Controls: website FE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Controls: year FE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Controls: website attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Controls: market attributes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Mean of dependent variable | 3.363 | 263.992 | 0.003 | 3.363 | 263.992 | 0.003 |
Observations | 180 | 82 | 184 | 180 | 82 | 184 |
Number of websites | 90 | 41 | 92 | 90 | 41 | 92 |