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The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market

Amira Abulafi
David Deming
Claudia Goldin
Lawrence Katz
Noam Yuchtman
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Impact of Teaching Firms about Labor Laws on Hiring in South Africa

Marianne Bertrand
Bruno Crépon
Researchers investigated whether access to information about local labor laws could improve firms’ understanding of the law. They found that free access to an existing subscription service that provided this information improved firms’ understanding of labor regulations and resulted in large...
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Labor Market Opportunities and Violent Crime among Muslim Youth: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria

Ben Crost
Oeindrila Dube
Marcus Holmlund
Eric Mvukiyehe
Caio Piza
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The Impact of Homogeneity on Team Productivity in Kenya

Benjamin Marx
Vincent Pons
Tavneet Suri
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Can Social Information Affect What Job You Choose and Keep? A Field Experiment in the United States

Lucas Coffman
Clayton R. Featherstone
Judd Kessler
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Inefficient Hiring in Online Labor Markets

Amanda (Mandy) Pallais
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Learning the Value of Education in the Dominican Republic

James Berry
Lucas Coffman
Ryan Cooper
Daniel Morales
Christopher Neilson

Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance in China

Jing Cai
Adam Szeidl

Can facilitating relationships between small- and medium-sized businesses help them grow? In Jiangxi Province, China, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to study the impact of business relationships on firm performance. Monthly meetings among firms increased sales, profits, and other...