We study a recent recruitment drive for public sector positions in Mexico. Different salaries were announced randomly … across recruitment sites, and job offers were subsequently randomized. Screening relied on exams designed to measure … the recruitment gap in worse municipalities. -- state building ; state capabilities ; state capacity ; public sector …

recruitment methods not for nepotistic reasons, but to better select the most motivated workers, those who share the nonprofit … compensations, informal recruitment methods are part of the process of self-selection of motivated workers in nonprofit …

. Productivity signals designed to reduce statistical discrimination, including the offer of a positive reference from a previous …

rates increase firm's productivity while high shares of temporary contracts decrease it. Both effects are quantitatively …

This paper investigates the impact of wage dispersion on firm productivity in different working environments. More …-shaped relationship between (conditional) wage dispersion and firm productivity. This result suggests that up to (beyond) a certain level … associate higher uncertainty with more unfair environments. -- Wage dispersion ; labour productivity ; working environments …

Several empirical studies have challenged tournament theory by pointing out that (1) there is considerable pay … recruitment is observable on nearly any hierarchy level. We explain these empirical puzzles by combining job-promotion tournaments … recruitment ; job promotion ; limited liability ; tournaments …