The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
基于莫桑比克职业技术大学毕业生的随机实验，发现数字就业平台对男性有适度帮助，但对女性无效，甚至可能因提高女性保留工资和降低求职意愿而加剧性别不平等。
Abstract This study examines the impact of digital labor-market platforms on jobs outcomes using a randomized encouragement design embedded in a longitudinal survey of Mozambican technical-vocational college graduates. We differentiate between platforms targeting formal jobs, where jobseekers direct their search, and informal tasks, where clients seek workers. Our analysis reveals statistically insignificant intent-to-treat and complier-average treatment effects for headline employment outcomes in the full sample. Notably, while the average male moderately benefits from platform usage, women do not. Rather, they are less responsive to the encouragement nudge, and female treatment compliers report higher reservation wages and lower job search. This suggests digital platforms can inadvertently perpetuate gender disparities in labor markets.