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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.

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MWITA-EBRO-2026-008 · Evidence A · P1

Raising the advertised monthly wage from MXN 3,750 to MXN 5,000 increased applications by 26% and the conversion of selected candidates into accepted offers by 35%, while attracting applicants with stronger measured ability and no observed reduction in public-service motivation.

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What this does not establish

The result does not establish cost-effectiveness after payroll costs, long-run job performance or retention, and does not imply every employer can buy applicant quality; the roles were temporary public-service positions in marginalized Mexican municipalities.

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Unlike the Ugandan signaling study, higher wage information did not measurably crowd out prosocial applicants, showing that pay effects depend on what the wage signals about an already-described role.

What would change the reading

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

Primary routes

  1. EBRO-S008https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjt004Open source record →

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