Chinese employers practice extensive personal screening of job applicants. This study identifies four manifestations of this practice by motive – statistical, customer and employer taste-based, and regulatory – and evaluates their prevalence, economic determinants and implications for firms'...

Most Korean employers screen extensively job applicants' personal backgrounds. Because this includes applicants' protected characteristics, and is not directly related to job requirements, the practice may yield discrimination and inefficiency in recruitment. This study surveys companies'...

Recruitment at Chinese firms involves extensive screening of job applicants’ personal backgrounds in order to hire the most desirable workers. The exact rationale and nature of this practice is unclear. This study evaluates the market and regulatory conditions in which employers make their...