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

Otto Kässi; Vili Lehdonvirta

doi:10.3368/jhr.0519-10226R3

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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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For correspondence: otto.kassi{at}etla.fi

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

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

Otto Kässi, Vili Lehdonvirta

Journal of Human Resources Mar 2022, 0519-10226R3; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0519-10226R3

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