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Why the Referential Treatment: Evidence from Field Experiments on Referrals / Amanda Pallais, Emily Glassberg Sands.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pallais, Amanda.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21357.
- NBER working paper series no. w21357
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Why the Referential Treatment
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.
- Summary:
- Referred workers are more likely than non-referred workers to be hired, all else equal. In three field experiments in an online labor market, we examine why. We find that referrals contain positive information about worker performance and persistence that is not contained in workers' observable characteristics. We also find that referrals performed particularly well when working directly with their referrers. However, we do not find evidence that referrals exert more effort because they believe their performance will affect their relationship with their referrer or their referrer's position at the firm.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- July 2015.
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