Author : Godlonton, Susan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Employment risk and job-seeker performance by : Godlonton, Susan
Download or read book Employment risk and job-seeker performance written by Godlonton, Susan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the relationship between employment risk and job-seeker performance. To induce exogenous variation in employment risk, the outside options for job seekers undergoing a real recruitment process were randomized by assigning them a 0, 1, 5, 50, 75, or 100 percent chance of real alternative employment of the same duration and wage as the jobs for which they were applying. The findings show that job-seeker performance is highest and effort is lowest among those assigned the lowest employment risk (a guaranteed alternative job), and performance is lowest and effort highest among those facing the highest employment risk (those without any job guarantee). Moreover, a nonlinear relationship exists between employment risk and performance.