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worker to "repay the gift" to the employer. To test this hypothesis, we conduct a real effort laboratory experiment where we … experiment ; personality tests …
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-effort experiment, we examine how cheating and effort evolve in two rounds of competitions in which subjects compete with different …
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We use a ten-round online mind game to determine whether the effect of honesty nudges depends on timing and content. Reminding individuals about the right thing to do increases honesty. Including information that it is possible to assess an individual's dishonesty strengthens the effect of the...
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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules in tournaments that favor individuals whose … affirmative action may reduce the average output of tournament winners. …
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This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging...
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differences in performance in the real effort task, we observe a strong gender gap in sabotage choices in our experiment. This gap …
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disadvantaged group or handicap for the privileged group, affect behavior. We examine these questions in a laboratory experiment in … which individuals participate in a real-effort tournament and can sabotage each other. We find that AA does not necessarily … result in higher effort. High performers that already experienced an existing AA-free tournament reduce their effort levels …
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We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers …
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We present results from a field experiment designed to measure the importance of managerial commitment to a contract … as a function of the difficulty of the terrain to be planted. During the experiment, workers began planting a terrain at …
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We conduct a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its …
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