We test the effectiveness of team incentives by running a natural field experiment in a retail chain of 193 shops and 1 … performance and relies on flexible task allocation among employees. On average, the team bonus increases sales and customer visits …

negative effect if they are substitutes. The theory is tested using panel data on the performance of baseball players from 1970 … performance of his peers, but decreases with the quality of the team's pitching. Furthermore, a pitcher's performance increases … with the pitching quality of his teammates, but is unaffected by the batting output of the team. These results are …

Carlo experiments, where we also study the estimation of the aggregate effects of micro and macro shocks. The paper … concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …

by comparing Germany and the US based on harmonized micro data. We find significant and robust differences between lower …

We revisit the development of monthly wages in Germany between 2000 and 2017. While wage inequality strongly increased …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

commuting distance using the socio-economic panel data for Germany between 1997 and 2007. Endogeneity of commuting distance is …