Online markets reduce certain transaction costs related to global outsourcing. We focus on the role of verified work experience information in affecting online hiring decisions. Prior research shows that additional information about job applicants may disproportionately help or hinder...

Online markets reduce certain transaction costs related to global outsourcing. We focus on the role of verified work experience information in affecting online hiring decisions. Prior research shows that additional information about job applicants may disproportionately help or hinder...

A sound understanding of poverty traps — defined as poverty that is self-reinforcing due to the poor's equilibrium behaviors — and their underlying mechanisms is fundamentally important to the development of policies and interventions targeted to assist the poor. We review the theoretical...