Increasing empirical research on productivity supports the use of statistical or ‘rational’ discrimination in hiring …

We model a hiring process in which the candidate is evaluated sequentially by two agents of the firm who each observe … characterize how one agent's private valuation of the candidate influences the other agent's hiring practices. This influence is …

decision. We find that the gender mix among employers plays a role in the individual hiring decisions of female members. Female …We consider in this paper whether the gender mix at the level of decision-makers in firms can influence gender … applications from two potential employees. We consider whether the gender of the other employer will influence an employerś hiring …

decision. Understanding those differences helps employers design and manage hiring policies that are appropriate for their …Hiring is one of a firm's most important decisions. When an employer fills a vacancy with one of its own workers …. Although both internal and external hiring methods are used, firms frequently have a bias favoring insiders. Internal and …

For almost 50 years field experiments have been used to study ethnic and racial discrimination in hiring decisions … ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions reflects taste-based discrimination, although in some cases statistical …

When hiring new workers, employers use a wide variety of different recruiting methods in addition to posting a vacancy …