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MWITA-EBRO-2026-005 · Evidence A · P1

Combining premium vacancy promotion with applicant identity verification increased portal-sourced hiring by 8.2 percentage points, or 67.8% relative to control, and increased the probability that a vacancy was filled overall by about 11%; either service alone did not significantly increase hiring.

What this does not establish

The evidence does not imply promotion alone improves hiring, that identity verification is harmless or equally effective in privacy-sensitive jurisdictions, or that results transfer from Bengaluru retail/service vacancies to professional or global labor markets.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Advertising expanded the pool and verification reduced screening friction, yet neither isolated lever raised hires; the measured outcome required their complementarity.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, context changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. EBRO-S005https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20220566Open source record →

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