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The Role of Salience in Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Englmaier, Florian; Roider, Andreas; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279295
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Deception and Incentives: How Dishonesty Undermines Effort Provision
Fehr, Ernst; Ederer, Florian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we show that subtle forms of deceit undermine the effectiveness of incentives. We design an experiment in which the principal has an interest in underreporting the true performance difference between the agents in a dynamic tournament. According to the standard approach, rational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822257
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The Effect of Communication Channels on Promise-Making and Promise-Keeping
Conrads, Julian; Reggiani, Tommaso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of different communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping in a … helping situation. Four treatments differ with respect to the communication channel employed to solicit unincentivized … cooperation, i.e., face-to-face, phone call and two different sorts of computer-mediated communication. The less anonymous (face …
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Quitting and Peer Effects at Work
Rosaz, Julie; Slonim, Robert; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
working conditions causes workers to quit at more similar times. When, and only when, communication is allowed, workers are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279313
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Input versus Output Taxation in an Experimental International Economy
Riedl, Arno; van Winden, Frans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper is concerned with a policy oriented macroeconomic experiment involving an 'international' economy with a relatively small 'home' country and a large 'foreign' country. It compares the economic performance of two alternative tax systems as a means to finance unemployment benefits: a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822243
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Performance Pay and Risk Aversion
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A main prediction of agency theory is the well known risk-incentive trade-off. Incentive contracts should be found in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822413
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A New Framework for the Analysis of Inequality
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper presents a new framework for analyzing inequality that moves beyond the anonymity postulate. We estimate the determinants of sectoral choice and the joint distributions of outcomes across sectors. We determine which components of realized earnings variability are due to uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822493
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Behavioral Effects of Probation Periods: An Analysis of Worker Absenteeism
Riphahn, Regina T.; Thalmaier, Anja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimick "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the incentives of probation periods exist. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822820
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Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Is the way that people make risky choices, or tradeoffs over time, related to cognitive ability? This paper investigates whether there is a link between cognitive ability, risk aversion, and impatience, using a representative sample of the population and incentive compatible measures. We conduct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822866
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The Role of Information and Institutions in Understanding the Black-White Gap in Self-Employment
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Belton, Willie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
It has been well documented in the literature that ethnicity matters significantly in the determination of self-employment rates. In particular, African-American self-employment rates lag far behind rates for other racial groups. Similarly, the literature also provides evidence of the long lived...
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