Africa has some of the highest rates of unemployment globally, yet there is limited understanding of the sources of labor market frictions due to data scarcity. Using new administrative data on 227,194 applicants and over 2 million matches from the largest online job platform in Nigeria, we study the role of gender in job matching. We find significant differences in the matching behavior of applicants by gender. Women tend to be more qualified for the jobs they apply to than men. Women apply to less jobs and less senior level jobs than men, even when equally qualified for positions.
