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in a simple model that the perceived degree of past differentiation affects future incentives. We then study the impact … ; incentives …
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crowding out due to low-powered incentives. High-powered incentives in the workplace tend to increase output, but it is unknown … also extends to high-powered incentives, in a real work setting with paid workers. There is individual heterogeneity …, however, with a minority of workers report crowding in of motivation. Thus, the impact of performance pay might depend on the …
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. If the incentives crowd-out intrinsic motivation, and the effect is large enough, the net motivational effect on effort …, is one facet of intrinsic motivation, triggered by the combination of high-powered incentives and egoistic principal …Empirical studies of the principal-agent relationship find that extrinsic incentives work in many instances, linking …
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intrinsic motivation for students with low skills, while girls also respond less to rank-based incentives if tested with less …How does effort respond to being graded and ranked? This paper examines the effects of non-financial incentives on test … non-financial incentives play an important role in motivating highly skilled students to exert more effort. We find …
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This work contributes to the literature demonstrating an important role for psychological traits in labor market decisions. We show that West German workers with an internal locus of control sort into jobs with performance appraisals. Appraisals provide workers who believe they control their...
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incentives are renewed but fade when they are discontinued. Fixed bonuses lead to smaller effects. Both treatments appear to …
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We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
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Group-based incentive pay is attractive in contexts where production is complex and interdependent, yet freeriding is a paramount concern. We assess the introduction of group-based performance pay in a modern industrial production setting using difference-in-difference estimation. Performance...
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behavior through incentives. We study the impact of these two roles of information on profits by implementing a field …
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To test and replicate the superstar effect reported by Brown (2011) we empirically study contests where a single entrant has an endogenously higher probability of winning. Unlike the previous literature, we test for the presence of the superstar effect in several different contexts. Ultimately,...
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