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大规模开放在线课程与劳动力市场结果：来自哥伦比亚的证据
Massive Open Online Courses and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Colombia
摘要
This paper studies the impact of MOOC certificates on labor market outcomes using a Coursera initiative that offered free certificates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although eligibility for free certificates was randomized, course completion rates were low-only 6.2% of eligible participants completed at least one course-so we rely on an event-study design to estimate the effects of receiving a certificate. The results show that MOOC certificates increases formal employment by about 5 percentage points, with larger impacts among participants who were not employed at baseline and those from low-income households, and no clear differences by gender. These gains are concentrated in employment at larger firms and in economic sectors aligned with the course content. Overall, while MOOCs have the potential to improve employment outcomes, additional interventions appear necessary to increase course completion rates.
中文摘要
本文利用Coursera在新冠疫情期间推出的一项免费证书计划，研究MOOC证书对劳动力市场结果的影响。尽管免费证书的资格是随机分配的，但课程完成率较低——仅有6.2%的符合条件参与者完成了至少一门课程——因此我们采用事件研究设计来估计获得证书的影响。结果表明，MOOC证书使正规就业增加约5个百分点，对基线时未就业的参与者以及来自低收入家庭的参与者影响更大，且按性别没有明显差异。这些收益集中在规模较大企业的就业以及与课程内容相符的经济部门。总体而言，尽管MOOC有潜力改善就业结果，但似乎仍需额外干预以提高课程完成率。