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Why Don’t Jobseekers Search More? Barriers and Returns to Search on a Job Matching Platform 2016-2022

Pakistan, 2016 - 2022
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PAK_2016-2022_BRSJMP_v01_M
Producer(s)
Kate Vyborny, Robert Garlick, Nivedhitha Subramanian, Erica Field
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Jul 13, 2026
Last modified
Jul 13, 2026
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Data file: FS_adlisting_anon_se

Cases: 1561
Variables: 333

Variables

SubmissionDate_clean
Formatted to clock
job_id
Unique ID for each Job
job_code
Code of the Job
firm_jobtitle
What is the job position/job title of the vacancy?
deg_specify
What is the preferred level of education for this job?
firm_edu_required
What is the minimum education level required?
job_gender
Do you have any gender requirements for this job?
benefits_ad
Which of the following benefits do you offer employees for this job/ internship?
workdays_job
Required workday for the job
firm_id
Unique firm ID of the firm
job_title_skilled_ADL1
ENUMERATOR: Job title of Skilled Jobs - Older instrument
job_title_unskilled_ADL1
ENUMERATOR: Job title of Unskilled Jobs - Older Instrument
number_positions
How many people do you want to hire for this particular vacancy?
firm_edu_specific
Specialization if Required
exp_req
Total preferred experience required (years)
workdays_same
Are the workdays for this job the same as the days for which your firm is operat
workdays_job_1
Job Workdays - Monday
workdays_job_2
Job Workdays - Tuesday
workdays_job_3
Job Workdays - Wednesday
workdays_job_4
Job Workdays - Thursday
workdays_job_5
Job Workdays - Friday (Full Day)
workdays_job_6
Job Workdays - Friday (Half Day)
workdays_job_7
Job Workdays - Saturday (Full Day)
workdays_job_8
Job Workdays - Saturday (Half Day)
workdays_job_9
Job Workdays - Alternate Saturdays (Full Day)
workdays_job_10
Job Workdays - Alternate Saturdays (Half Day)
workdays_job_11
Job Workdays - One Saturday of the month (Full Day)
workdays_job_12
Job Workdays - One Saturday of the month (Half Day)
workdays_job_13
Job Workdays - Sunday (Full Day)
workdays_job_14
Job Workdays - Sunday (Half Day)
workdays_job_15
Job Workdays - Alternate Sundays (Full Day)
workdays_job_16
Job Workdays - Alternate Sundays (Half Day)
employee_hours_alternative_ADL1
How often do you allow employees to work flexible work hours when they need to?
job_pay
How much does the job pay per month?
job_pay_confidential
ENUMERATOR: What is the pay-scale for the job?
job_gender_ADL1
Job Gender - Older Instrument
job_gender_confidential_ADL1
ENUMERATOR: Do you have any gender requirements for this job? - Older instrument
gender_ratio
Gender ratio at the work place
gender_ratio_confidential
ENUMERATOR: Gender ratio at the job seeker's work place
ad_posted
Has an ad for this vacancy been posted anywhere?
ad_medium_ADL1
Medium for ads - old instrument
ad_medium_1_ADL1
Medium - Newspaper
ad_medium_2_ADL1
Medium - Web job platform eg. Rozee
ad_medium_3_ADL1
Medium - Recruitment firm or headhunter
ad_medium_4_ADL1
Medium - Company Website
ad_medium_5_ADL1
Medium - Social media (Facebook, Whatsapp, LinkedIn)
ad_medium_6_ADL1
Medium - College/university job fairs or Outreach to college/university recruitm
ad_medium_7_ADL1
Medium - Other
ad_medium_7777_ADL1
Medium - Don't want to say
ad_medium_8888_ADL1
Medium - Don't know
ad_medium_9999_ADL1
Medium - Left the survey
workdays_job_17
Job Workdays - One Sunday of the month (Full Day)
workdays_job_18
Job Workdays - One Sunday of the month (Half Day)
firm_yr_exp
Minimum years of experience required?
job_gender_old
Job Gender - Older Instrument
job_pay_old
Pay-scale for the job?
work_hours_start_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_1
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_2
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_3
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_4
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_5
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_start_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_half_end_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_start_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_diff_end_dec_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_start_confirm_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_end_confirm_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_start_confirm_6
work hours (start & end) variables
work_hours_half_end_confirm_6
work hours (start & end) variables
cycle
Relisting cycle
job_title_inter
Raw version- ENUMERATOR: Match the job title from the following list based on th
job_title_matric
ENUMERATOR: Match the job title from the following list based on the closest fit
exp_req_sector
Preferred experience required in same sector (years)
employment_duration
Employment type
benefits_ad_other
benefits other category
workdays_job_6666
Job Workdays - Refer to headquarters
workdays_job_7777
Job Workdays - Don't want to say
workdays_job_8888
Job Workdays - Don't know
workdays_job_9999
Job Workdays - Left the survey
workdays_job_1111
Job Workdays - The respondent does not understand
hours_same
Are the workhours for this job the same as the standard working hours for this f
employee_hours_alternative
Flexible work hours
job_gender_confidential
ENUMERATOR: Do you have any gender requirements for this job?
job_gender_new
gender requirement
ad_medium_1
Medium - Newspaper
ad_medium_2
Medium - Web job platform eg. Rozee
ad_medium_3
Medium - Recruitment firm or headhunter
ad_medium_4
Medium - Company Website
ad_medium_5
Medium - Social media (Facebook, Whatsapp, LinkedIn)
ad_medium_6
Medium - College/university job fairs or Outreach to college/university recruitm
ad_medium_7
Medium - Other
ad_medium_6666
Medium - Refer to headquarters
ad_medium_7777
Medium - Don't want to say
ad_medium_8888
Medium - Don't know
ad_medium_9999
Medium - Left the survey
ad_medium_other
Job ad posted medium?
ebid_clean
EB ID cleaned -- approach
gender_inter
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender_matric
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender_inter_part2b
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender_int_matric_p2b
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender_matric_p2b
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender_mat_inter_p2b
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1
Gender requirement for
gender1_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender1_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2
Male gender requirement for the job
gender2_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender2_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3
No specific gender requirement for the job
gender3_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender3_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender4_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender5_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_5
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_2
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_7
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_1
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_3
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_8
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_6
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_4
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_5555
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_6666
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_7777
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_8888
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_9999
gender required for multiple ads listed
gender6_1111
gender required for multiple ads listed
exp_min
How many minimum years worth of total of experience would you consider?
work_job
work days variables
work_job_1111_
work days variables
ad_medium_6666_
ad medium refer to headquarters
ad_medium_1111
Medium - The respondent does not understand
gender
Original gender selection for the Job
benefits_ad_1
Health / medical benefits
benefits_ad_2
Provident fund / pension
benefits_ad_3
Life insurance
benefits_ad_4
Housing allowance
benefits_ad_5
Food
benefits_ad_6
Transport allowance
benefits_ad_7
Pick and drop
benefits_ad_8
Maternity / Paternity Leave
benefits_ad_9
Day Care Center
benefits_ad_10
Career development trainings
benefits_ad_11
Other
benefits_ad_4444
Same benefits as those in the previous ad
benefits_ad_5555
None of the above
benefits_ad_6666
Refer to headquarters
benefits_ad_7777
Don't want to say
benefits_ad_8888
Don't know
benefits_ad_9999
Left the survey
benefits_ad_1111
The respondent does not understand
int_med_cons
Interview Intermediation -- Offer variable
gender_matching
Gender variable for job ads matching
work_half_start
What time does work begin on a half-day?
work_half_end
What time does work end on a half-day?
work_hours_start
What time does this location begin operations on a regular working day?
work_diff_start
What time does work begin for an employee in this position on a full workday?
work_hours_end
What time does this location end operations on a regular working day?
work_diff_end
What time does work end for an employee in this position on a full workday?
workdays_hours_count
(lastnm) workdays_hours_count
workdays
What are the working days for this location?
workdays_1
Workdays - Monday
workdays_2
Workdays - Tuesday
workdays_3
Workdays - Wednesday
workdays_4
Workdays - Thursday
workdays_5
Workdays - Friday (Full Day)
workdays_6
Workdays - Friday (Half Day)
workdays_7
Workdays - Saturday (Full Day)
workdays_8
Workdays - Saturday (Half Day)
workdays_9
Workdays - Alternate Saturdays (Full Day)
workdays_10
Workdays - Alternate Saturdays (Half Day)
workdays_11
Workdays - One Saturday of the month (Full Day)
workdays_12
Workdays - One Saturday of the month (Half Day)
workdays_13
Workdays - Sunday (Full Day)
workdays_14
Workdays - Sunday (Half Day)
workdays_15
Workdays - Alternate Sundays (Full Day)
workdays_16
Workdays - Alternate Sundays (Half Day)
workdays_17
Workdays - One Sunday of the month (Full Day)
workdays_18
Workdays - One Sunday of the month (Half Day)
workdays_6666
Workdays - Refer to headquarters
workdays_7777
Workdays - Don't want to say
workdays_8888
Workdays - Don't know
workdays_9999
Workdays - Left the survey
workdays_1111
Workdays - The respondent does not understand
workdays_hours_main_count
(lastnm) workdays_hours_main_count
workdays_main
What are the working days for this location? - Old Instrument
workdays_main_1
Workdays - Monday
Total: 333
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