How Do Employers Use Compensation History? Evidence from a Field Experiment

We report the results of a field experiment in which treated employers could not observe the compensation history of their job applicants. Treated employers responded by evaluating more applicants and evaluating those applicants more intensively. They also responded by changing what kind of workers...

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Main Author: Horton, John J. (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, 2021-02-18T13:23:09Z.
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