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Social comparison and performance : experimental evidence on the fair-wage effort hypothesis
Gächter, Simon; Thöni, Christian - 2009
We investigate the impact of wage comparisons for worker productivity. We present three studies which all use three-person gift-exchange experiments. Consistent with Akerlof and Yellen's (1990) fair wage-effort hypothesis we find that disadvantageous wage discrimination leads to lower efforts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908626
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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns : when equality is unfair
Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009
contractual incompleteness. In our experiment, one principal is matched with two agents. The principal pays equal wages in one …. -- wage setting ; wage equality ; equity ; gift exchange ; reciprocity ; incomplete contracts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003854042
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Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order
Gächter, Simon - 2014
This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioural research on the role of human pro-social motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualised as a public good game. Past attempts to explain social order typically relied on the assumption of selfish and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257224
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The importance of peers for compliance with norms of fair sharing
Gächter, Simon; Gerhards, Leonie; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2015
observed to act in isolation from each other. In this paper we use a large-scale dictator game experiment (N = 850) to show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434301
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Fair share and social efficiency : a mechanism in which peers decide on the payoff division
Dong, Lu; Falvey, Rodney E.; Luckraz, Shravan - 2016
achieved under this simple mechanism and, in a controlled laboratory experiment, we find that players use a proportional rule …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011515831
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Talking behind your back : asymmetric communication in a three-person dilemma
Abbink, Klaus; Dong, Lu; Huang, Lingbo - 2018
Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that excluding one member from team communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912001
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Fairness in times of crisis : negative shocks, relative income and preferences for redistribution
Hochleitner, Anna - 2022
experiment shocks, Study 2 capitalises on the recent Covid-19 crisis and investigates the behaviour of subjects hit by real world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169002
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"They Never Had a Chance" : unequal opportunities and fair redistributions
Dong, Lu; Huang, Lingbo; Lien, Jaimie W - 2022 - This Version: July 6, 2022
A meritocratic fairness ideal is generally believed to regard income inequality as fair if it stems from performance differentials rather than luck. In this study, we present experimental evidence showing that merit judgments are shaped by the source of performance differentials while holding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328107
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Reciprocity, culture and human cooperation : previous insights and a new cross-cultural experiment
Gächter, Simon (contributor);  … - 2008
without doubt that direct and indirect reciprocity are important determinants of successful cooperation. We also discuss the … influences strong reciprocity. Our results show that culture has a strong influence on positive and in especially negative strong … reciprocity. In particular, we find large crosscultural differences in 'antisocial punishment' of pro-social co-operators. Further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790691
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The framing of games and the psychology of strategic choice
Dufwenberg, Martin (contributor);  … - 2006
guilt aversion and reciprocity under which contributions are related to second- and first-order beliefs, respectively. Our … results are consistent with either. -- Framing ; psychological games ; guilt aversion ; reciprocity ; public good games …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003385854