Discriminatory Algorithms and Inefficient Labor Markets: Biases and Discrimination in Hiring and Performance Evaluation. Hiring Under the Post-Homo Economicus Paradigm.
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algorithmic discrimination; law & economics; disparate impact; information asymmetry; transaction costs; algorithmic governance.Abstract
The paper shows how algorithmic tools in hiring and performance evaluation can produce disparate impact and efficiency losses. It integrates law-and-economics with case-law and comparative regulation. It proposes a governance architecture combining ex-ante audits and traceability, and provides a replicable econometric plan to estimate group-level disparities in selection rates and wages. Bias mitigation is reframed as an efficiency requirement, not merely compliance.
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