A worker’s utility may increase in his own income, but envy can make his utility decline with his employer’s income … various assumptions about the object and generality of envy. Envy amplifies the effect of incentives on effort and, therefore …, increases optimal incentive pay. Moreover, envy can make profitsharing optimal, even when the worker’s effort is fully …

We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers …

This paper presents evidence from a field experiment, which aims to identify the two sources of workers’ pro …

This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2 … aware at any time that they were part of an experiment. The experiment shows that the voucher had a significant causal …

that both forces are at play. We conduct a natural field experiment where, in a randomly assigned part of a residential …

This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public …

Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of …