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The Use of Informal Networks in Italy: Efficiency or Favoritism?

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2009

A large body of literature considers the advantages of using informal networks to match workers to jobs. However, family ties may interfere with a genuine process of worker selection, favoring people with connections over more talented workers. We offer a simple model of favoritism to explain...

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The Use of Informal Networks in Italian Labor Markets: Efficiency or Favoritisms?

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2008

A number of papers considers the use of informal networks (the help of relatives, friends and acquaintances) to find an employment as an efficient mechanism to match workers to jobs. However, evidence in Italy shows that informal networks tend to be used more in less productive jobs and less...

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Favouritism Or Fairness?: A Framed Laboratory Experiment

Dey, Oindrila; Das, Abhishek; Gupta, Gautam; Banerjee, … - 2017

This paper provides laboratory experimental evidence for prevalence of organizational favouritism. It is significantly found that when subjects where put into a situation where they can offer a job to someone then the choice criteria is based on social ties rather than efficiency. Interestingly,...

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Bribing to Queue-Jump: An experiment on cultural differences in bribing attitudes among Greeks and Germans

Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Grimm, Veronika; Karakostas, … - 2020

experiment, comprised of four treatments that differ in the number of Greeks and Germans in each group, we analyze both cross …

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Corruption investigated in the lab: a survey of the experimental literature

Bobkova, Nina; Egbert, Henrik - 2012

The article provides a survey of the growing experimental literature on the investigation of corruption and extends previous surveys. We discuss three aspects which deserve more attention in further research. These are, first, a more careful consideration of individual norms, second, a broader...

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Unintended consequences of corruption indices: an experimental approach

Chapkovski, Philipp - 2022

Using the results of a large-scale (N=900) online experiment, this paper investigates how the information about a group …

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Unintended consequences of corruption indices

Chapkovski, Philipp - 2022

Using the results of a pre-registered online experiment, this paper examines how information about a corruption in a …

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Intrinsic Motivation vs. Corruption? Experimental Evidence on the Performance of Officials

Lambsdorff, Johann Graf; Grubiak, Kevin; Werner, Katharina - 2023

performance of public officials. We run an experiment that incorporates both viewpoints and assess the relative strength and …

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Human Resource Information Systems in Enhancing Administrative Efficiency: A Case Study of the Zamboanga City Local Government

Delos Santos-Suñga, Cecile; Moreno, Frede - 2024

Administration theory, emphasizing the importance of operational efficiency and effective personnel management. The study provides …

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Bayesian Decision-making in Candidate Assessment for Hiring

Savchuk, Volodymyr - 2025

This paper investigates the application of Bayesian decision theory in the context of organisational recruitment … processes. Bayesian decision theory is a statistical framework that enables decision-makers to make rational choices by … fundamental concepts of Bayesian decision theory and demonstrates how it can improve candidate selection in enterprise recruiting …

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