Abstract
This paper reports results from a resume-based field experiment designed to examine employer preferences for job applicants who attended for-profit colleges. For-profit colleges have seen sharp increases in enrollment in recent years despite alternatives, such as public community colleges, being much cheaper. We sent almost 9,000 fictitious resumes of young job applicants who recently completed their schooling to online job postings in six occupational categories and tracked employer callback rates. We find no evidence that employers prefer applicants with resumes listing a for-profit college relative to those whose resumes list either a community college or no college at all.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 881-903 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Sociology and Political Science
- Public Administration