optimal sorting is balanced (i.e., minimizing the variance in ability between groups) when complementarity is weak, and … sufficiently steep, the optimal sorting can be unbalanced for all levels of complementarity or even alternate between unbalanced … groups in various ways in order to maximize total output. We explore how the optimal sorting of workers by ability in such …

We study how aggregate effort exerted in contests between groups of heterogeneous players depends on the sorting of … players into groups. We show that the optimal sorting depends on the curvature of the effort cost function. From the … steep effort cost function, the optimal sorting of players may be the one that maximizes the variation in ability across …

We study experimentally the effects of sorting in contests between groups of heterogeneous players whose within … between groups is lower, i.e., by a more balanced sorting. In the experiment, we assign subjects to four types -- A, B, C, and … find substantial heterogeneity and overinvestment of efforts by all types in both treatments, including the "underdog" (C …

. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …

. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …

. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …

. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …

. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …