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tend to have smaller incentives to engage in effort, the reverse does not hold true. Using a lab experiment, we show that …Building on a theoretical model we test the hypothesis that effort choices and preferences for redistribution are … preferences for redistribution and effort choices simultaneously. While respondents with stronger preferences for redistribution …
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This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of workers’ pro … employ an experimental design that first measures the level of effort exerted by student workers on a data entry task in an … environment that elicits purely selfish behavior and we compare it to effort exerted in an environment that also induces action …
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multinational enterprise. We set up a stylized partial equilibrium model and, presuming that worker effort is a function of net … wages, assume that a higher employee-borne tax burden reduces effort. In turn, this raises a firm’s production costs and …’s profit by reducing manager effort. Furthermore, we compile data on personal income tax profiles for 49 economies and the year …
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-monetary effort (like exercising). We first present the laissez-faire and the first best. Like Becker and Philipson (1998), we find … that the laissez-faire level of effort is too high compared with the first best, because individuals do not internalize the … impact of survival on the return of their savings. We also claim that because of its non-monetary form, effort is not …
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In this paper we investigate the relationship between earnings and charitable giving. We set up a real effort … experiment, in which subjects enter data in four one-hour occasions and are paid a piece rate. From the second occasion onwards … members of the two groups indicating that subjects in this experiment do not treat charitable giving as a normal good. …
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managers between countries whereas in the second scenario relocation possibilities exist. Our findings show that the effort … towards more effort based pay. Moreover, the bonus tax negatively affects profits and dividends and thus the incidence falls …
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Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...
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too. In a gift-exchange experiment with independent payoffs between two agents we find causal evidence for peer effects …
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We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual’s identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual’s socialization. This could be...
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The aim of this paper is to study whether schooling choices are affected by social interactions. Such social interactions may be important because children enjoy spending time with other children or parents learn from other parents about the ability of their children. Identification is based on...
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