other even when their productivities are lower than that of others, causing efficiency losses. Males and business students …

This paper analyses the efficiency of the equilibrium allocation in a matching model with two types of workers and jobs … production technologies. Finally, in an extension we derive a tax scheme that restores efficiency and we show how workers …

poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient …

particular, we analyze how horizontal fairness concerns affect performance and efficiency in an environment characterized by … high efforts. The treatment difference instead seems to be driven by the fact that the norm of equity is violated far more … frequently in the equal wage treatment. After having suffered from violations of the equity principle, agents withdraw effort …

workplace behavior. We focus on situations in which a single employer interacts with multiple employees. Traditionally, equity … and efficiency have been seen as opposing aims in such work environments: individual pay-for-performance schemes maximize … efficiency but might lead to inequitable outcomes. We present findings from laboratory experiments that show under which …

schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a … and equity concerns, which sometimes cut in opposite directions. Contributions, which seem mainly determined by boundedly … rational responses to incentives, are influenced by egalitarian, equity and strategic considerations. …

economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency …

reforms on equity and efficiency for the case of Germany. We find that a flat rate tax with a low tax rate and a low basic … allowance. But in this case the efficiency gains vanish. We conclude that, due to their limited efficiency effects and their …