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Costless Discrimination and Unequal Achievements in a Labour Market Experiment
Filippin, Antonio; Guala, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We investigate the emergence of discrimination in an experiment where individuals affiliated to different groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386636
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Does Competition Enhance Performance or Cheating? A Laboratory Experiment
Schwieren, Christiane; Weichselbaumer, Doris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
our experiment subjects conduct a task where they have the possibility to make use of illegitimate tools to better their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703336
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Feedback and Incentives: Experimental Evidence
Eriksson, Tor; Poulsen, Anders; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through the production period, and continuously updated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703358
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Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822032
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Sabotage in Tournaments: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Harbring, Christine; Irlenbusch, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980267