%0 Report %A Schnedler, Wendelin %T The Virtue of Being Underestimated: A Note on Discriminatory Contracts in Hidden Information Models %D 2001 %8 2001 Aug %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 342 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp342 %X A standard hidden information model is considered to study the influence of the a priori productivity distribution on the optimal contract. A priori more productive (hazard rate dominant) agents work less, enjoy lower rents, but generate a higher expected surplus. %K stochastic order relation %K statistical discrimination %K Adverse selection