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Accessing Higher Quality Justice

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  • Sadka, Joyce
  • Seira, Enrique
  • Woodruff, Christopher

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Research shows that lawyers affect legal outcomes, but little is known about how clients choose lawyers. We conduct an experiment with plaintiffs in the Mexico City Labor Court. We compare plaintiffs’ choice of lawyers in a control group and two treatment groups: one that increases the plaintiff’s knowledge of likely case outcomes and the other that facilitates meetings with public lawyers. The knowledge treatment group contracts higher-quality lawyers, with whom they are more satisfied. The treatment halves the market share of low-quality “ambulance chasers†. The meeting treatment increases the use of public lawyers but does not increase satisfaction.

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  • Sadka, Joyce & Seira, Enrique & Woodruff, Christopher, 2025. "Accessing Higher Quality Justice," CEPR Discussion Papers 20508, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:20508
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    JEL classification:

    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
    • K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
    • J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights

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