Tag
hiring_frictions
4 findings
Labour & employmentDual-Barrier Hiring FrictionsProviding promotional advertising alone doubled applicants per vacancy from 25 to 51, but produced no measurable impact on firm hiring. Candidate identity verification alone yielded zero statistically measurable increase in hiring relative to the comparison group.RCTLabour & employmentExternal Employer Prescreening ServicesProviding prescreening hiring services directly to firms reduced employer evaluation costs and accelerated vacancy fill rates across participating businesses.RCTLabour & employmentProductivity Signaling and Unemployment Stigma MitigationThe intervention increased permanent contract hires of registered jobseekers by 14% (+0.046 hires per firm, p < 0.05) and stable quality hires lasting at least 12 months by 14% (+0.046 hires, p < 0.01), while producing no significant hiring increase for non-registered jobseekers.RCTLabour & employmentReferral Quality Incentive Gap in Job NetworksUnder standard unincentivized conditions, male recommenders do not systematically refer the highest-quality candidates from their social networks; offering explicit financial performance incentives significantly increases the ability and test scores of referred job seekers.RCT