The Value of Hiring through Referrals
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Keywords
high-tech; call centers; job testing; non-cognitive ability; cognitive ability; patents; innovation; worker selection; productivity; referrals; software; trucking; truck accidents;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
- J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- L84 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Personal, Professional, and Business Services
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
- L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2013-05-19 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2013-05-19 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2013-05-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
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