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416 E-Mails Prove Tyrowicz Right on Polish Jobs

Joanna Tyrowicz takes action when she’s got a point to make.

Rather than writing scientific papers about the inefficiencies of the Polish government unemployment service, the assistant economics professor had her students send e-mails to 416 job centers across Poland. They purported to be from a company seeking to hire a driver, a warehouse cleaner, an accountant and a salesperson.