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Adverse Selection in Hiring Markets: Ghost Job Postings as a Quantifiable Information Asymmetry Problem
Original research

Adverse Selection in Hiring Markets: Ghost Job Postings as a Quantifiable Information Asymmetry Problem

Across 3,269 indexed New York postings, 30.9% are ghost candidates. We apply Akerlof's Market for Lemons framework to hiring markets, operat…

August 2026 · 13 minRead →
Ghost Jobs Across Two Markets: The First Systematic Analysis of Posting Persistence across two markets
Original research

Ghost Jobs Across Two Markets: The First Systematic Analysis of Posting Persistence across two markets

August 2026 · 15 minRead →
Why Bayesian: The Case for Probabilistic Inference in Hiring Analytics
Methodology

Why Bayesian: The Case for Probabilistic Inference in Hiring Analytics

August 2026 · 14 minRead →
Hiring Integrity as a Financial Signal: Sector-Stratified Evidence from Nairobi and New York
Original researchAugust 2026

Hiring Integrity as a Financial Signal: Sector-Stratified Evidence from Nairobi and New York

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Labor Market Signal Quality: Why Nairobi and New York Produce Different Evidence Densities
Original researchSeptember 2026

Labor Market Signal Quality: Why Nairobi and New York Produce Different Evidence Densities

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