Tag
search_frictions
2 findings
Labour & employmentBelief Entrenchment Cost of Search FrictionsThe job fair produced minimal direct hiring (1 hire per 12 attending firms), but the temporary reduction in meeting costs corrected underlying misperceptions, driving a 26% increase in job board visits among jobseekers within 6 weeks and a 12 percentage point increase in professional vacancy advertising by firms (p < 0.01).RCTDevelopmentGlobal E-Commerce Quality SignalingInterventions that improved small exporters' platform visibility and quality signaling to prospective international buyers successfully increased firm export sales by overcoming market search frictions.RCT