Effective and Scalable Programs to Facilitate Labor Market Transitions for Women in Technology

2022/11/18 by Susan Athey, Emil Palikot, Athey, Susan +1 · 1 voice
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Innovation Policy and R&D #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality #Retirement, Disability, and Employment #econ.GN

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2211.09968

openalex publication_date 2022/11/18 · openalex created_date 2022/11/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We evaluate two interventions facilitating technology-sector transitions for women in Poland: Mentoring, focused on expanding professional networks, and Challenges, focused on building credible skill signals. Randomizing oversubscribed admissions, we find both programs substantially increase technology employment at twelve months - by 15 percentage points for Mentoring and 11 p.p. for Challenges. The distinct mechanisms through which the programs operate translate to heterogeneous treatment effects across geography, career stage, and baseline credentials. These differential effects create scope for improved allocation: algorithmic targeting across programs outperforms random assignment by 86% and experts' selection into Mentoring by 11%.

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• Want to learn more? Read the working paper to learn about this novel intervention & how its effectiveness compared to an existing mentoring program. arxiv.org/abs/2211.09968 [bsky, 17 points, 0 comments]

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