A recent approach to testing for customer statistical discrimination involves studying price gaps between sellers from different gender, race, or ethnic groups and how they evolve as buyers obtain more information about seller quality. We consider a similar setting, testing for statistical...

We explore the impact of wage offers on job applications, testing implications of the directed search model and trying to distinguish it from random search. We use a field experiment conducted on a Chinese job board, with real jobs for which we randomly varied the wage offers across three...

Job seekers’ expectations about labor market prospects are crucial in determining their search behavior and outcomes in search models, yet clear empirical evidence is lacking. We conduct a large-scale information-provision experiment on a job board to analyze the causal impact of beliefs about...

This study conducts a correspondence study and employs machine learning based attractiveness ratings to investigate gender differences in the sources of appearance discrimination in the Chinese labor market. Our findings reveal that female applicants predominantly face statistical appearance...

We explore workers' valuation of job flexibility, using a field experiment conducted on a Chinese job board, as well as survey and observational data for the same job seekers. Our experimental job ads differ randomly in offering jobs that are flexible regarding when one works (time flexibility)...

We explore workers' valuation of job flexibility, using a field experiment conducted on a Chinese job board. Our experimental job ads differ randomly in offering jobs that are flexible regarding when one works (time flexibility) or where one works (place flexibility), and offering different...

Team decision-making is often conducted under looming deadlines, where time constraints affect team communication and, consequently, team decisions. This study examines teams' ability to communicate and reach an agreement under time pressure in a coordination game and consequent performance. We...