contrast, signaling leadership skills has no effect. Last, we consider the role of labor market competition. Companies facing … competition in the labor market, measured by the number of competitors advertising similar positions, are 56 to 66% less likely to … novel evidence that soft skills and labor market competition both play an important role in understanding hiring …

players differ in ability. We call this policy an extra prize. The contest organiser splits the prize of the competition into …

We show that increasing the intensity of product market competition can reduce discrimination against female managers … beneficial for the firm when product market competition is intense. Using detailed matched employee-employer data, we find that … (i) more intense competition leads to relatively higher wages for female managers and (ii) the share of female managers …

This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … of the rice market in Bangladesh. We recruit professional rice buyers (middlemen) to act as judges in a rice competition … competition in the marketplace, do not price discriminate against ethnic minority farmers. A second lab-in-the-field experiment …

discrimination ensures the equal protection of SMEs in the conditions of a free market (hereinafter 'FM') competition. Taking HRs as …