Asset forfeiture is the seizure of property that is believed to be connected to criminal activity, typically the sale of illicit drugs. Despite the dismantling of the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, the legalization of marijuana, and legislative reform the value of assets seized in California has not decreased.
Firms increasingly rely on recruiters to find talent. Recruiters are typically paid using refund contracts, which specify a payment upon a successful candidate suggestion and hire, and a refund if a candidate is hired but leaves for any reason during an initial period of employment.
This paper uses millions of task assignments across hundreds of hair salons from management software to study the connection between task assignment within the establishment and productivity. There is significant dispersion in productivity and internal task specialization, and a strong association between the two: The top 25 percent of salon-quarters in terms of specialization are on average 68 percent more productive than the bottom 25 percent.
In this paper we demonstrate tips are sensitive to service quality even when future interaction is unlikely. Using a novel data set covering 150,000 hair salon appointments where customers can be observed over time, we are able to exploit variation in service quality and exogenous separation rates.