Description acceptable. After over 83,000 simulations of this activity, Berkeley economists Patrick Kline and Chris Walters publicly shamed the practices of car retailers like AutoNation. Experiments by the Urban Institute that trained pairs of subjects to behave identically while pursuing this activity are central to a review article about two “codes” by Darity and Mason. A 2004 article argues that statistical discrimination cannot explain the low returns to quality that one group experiences during this activity. The title of that (*) audit study of this activity by Bertrand and Mullainathan contrasts the names “Emily and Greg” with “Lakisha and Jamal.” Time spent on this activity results in the unproblematic “frictional” type of one economic variable. For 10 points, people with criminal records engaging in what activity may benefit from ban-the-box campaigns? ■END■
ANSWER: job search [or searching for a job; accept answers that mention applying for, finding, hunting for, or seeking a job or employment; accept being interviewed for a job; accept being hired; accept hiring; prompt on search]
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