經濟學系講座: Increasing Employment with Coarse Information

講者: Todd KAPLAN教授 /英國艾希特大學經濟學系教授，以色列海法大學經濟學系教授

日期: 23/4/2025 (三)

時間: 14:00-15:15

語言: 英語

地點: E21B-G016

內容: We investigate whether an agency can increase employment by strategically coarsening information about workers’ skills and abilities to employers. Theoretically, we find that such an increase is possible, and a range of employment levels can be supported in equilibrium. We test this possibility using laboratory experiments under three conditions: full information, coarse and verifiable information, and coarse but not verifiable information. We find that, compared with full information, both treatments with coarse information increase employment at the expense of the employers’ profits but not to the highest theoretically achievable levels. We also find that verifiability affects several aspects of behavior.