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Do Microcredentials Help New Workers Enter the Market? Evidence from an Online Labor Platform

Otto Kässi and Vili Lehdonvirta
Published online before print March 09, 2022, 0519-10226R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0519-10226R3
Otto Kässi
* Otto Kässi () is a researcher at ETLA Economic Research, a senior researcher at Turku Centre for Labour Studies, University of Turku, and a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
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Vili Lehdonvirta
Vili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
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0519-10226R3
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0519-10226R3
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0022-166X
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  • Published online March 9, 2022.

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  1. Otto Kässi and
  2. Vili Lehdonvirta
  1. * Otto Kässi (otto.kassi{at}etla.fi) is a researcher at ETLA Economic Research, a senior researcher at Turku Centre for Labour Studies, University of Turku, and a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
  2. Vili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.

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