
doi: 10.2307/2527053
Summary: I consider an employment contracting model in which firms have private information that is directly payoff relevant to workers, and workers are always free to quit. In contrast to existing models, firms will sometimes fail to reveal adverse information to workers in equilibrium because of the effect this will have on quits. Risk-averse workers can prefer such ``pooling'' contracts to separating ones because inducing truth telling requires firms to cut wages in states that are ``already'' bad for the worker. Applications to firms' incentives to reveal unsafe working conditions and impending layoffs or plant closures are discussed.
Economics of information, Labor market, contracts, employment contracting, private information
Economics of information, Labor market, contracts, employment contracting, private information
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