Jaime Arellano-Bover
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Jaime Arellano-Bover
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Economist at Yale University. Labor, firms, migration, human capital. Stanford PhD, Carlos III BA. Originally from Madrid, Spain. Dad of 3.

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We find that extracurricular activities such as study abroad or internships do boost callbacks. Heterogeneity analyses suggests because of non-cognitive social skills. Listing computer skills only helps if they are advanced.

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January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Estimating returns to minors has been elusive (minors are not recorded in commonly used datasets). We find that, relative to having no minor, Math and History minors have precise **zero** callback returns.

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January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Causal callback returns to majors. Even among the business-related jobs we targeted, Biology has the greatest callback rate, with Economics close second (omitted major is Philosophy).

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January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Audit study: 36,880 résumés, seniors from 12 large public flagship US universities, sent to 9,220 job ads in business-related jobs. We randomized 8 majors, minors, and extracurriculars (study abroad, internships, computer skills).

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January 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Maybe one could compute this in the Texas admin data. A few people at Yale work on community colleges using those data.
December 14, 2024 at 10:52 PM
immigration (or lack thereof)
December 10, 2024 at 9:34 PM
We should check after job market season is over
December 10, 2024 at 9:29 PM