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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022

Information Frictions in Hiring Decisions

Over the last decades, internet has sped up and increased interactions between employers and workers, but aggregate unemployment does not seem to have been much impacted by this revolution. This could be because information frictions are not a first-order contributor of unemployment, or because current tools and institutions do not enable truthful and effective communication between firms and workers. Employers, who are often on the short side of the market, find it difficult and costly to screen potential employees. INASHI aims to provide theoretical frameworks and new empirical evidence about what the remaining information imperfections on the labour market are, how important they are to…

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