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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

Primary routes are checkable

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MWITA-EBRO-2026-007 · Evidence A · P1

Advertising higher expected earnings attracted 36% more applicants and increased vacancy filling, but also signaled a less prosocial role and reduced recruitment of the most socially motivated candidates, who subsequently stayed longer and performed better.

D01 · Marketing, Brand & Revenue SystemsD05 · Real Estate, Relocation & Place EconomyD16 · Creative Technology & Synthetic MediaD19 · Measurement, Experimentation & EconomicsD21 · Economy, Work & Business-model Futures

What this does not establish

The study does not prove higher pay generally crowds out mission motivation: earnings also conveyed information about a novel commission-based community-health role, and the result may differ when job duties and social impact are already well known.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

The message increased applicant quantity and filling while worsening a consequential composition margin, so volume and vacancy closure were not sufficient measures of recruitment quality.

What would change the reading

Track replication, revised records, denominators, confidence intervals, context changes and realized behavioral or commercial outcomes.

Primary routes

  1. EBRO-S007https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20170670Open source record →

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