How do peers influence the impact of incentives? Despite much work on incentives, little is known about the spillover … effects of incentives. We investigate two mechanisms by which these effects can occur: through peers' actions and peers …' incentives. In a field experiment on snack choice (grapes versus cookies), we randomize who receives incentives, the fraction of …

. Another (incentives) was offered substantial merit-scholarships for solid, but not necessarily top, first year grades. A third … offered both services and incentives than for those offered services alone. No program had an effect on men's grades or other … that incentives were given in the first year only. The results suggest that the study skills acquired in response to a …

How do patient and provider incentives affect the provision of long-term care? Our analysis of 551 thousand nursing … admit more profitable out-of-pocket private payers. Third, providers react more elastically to financial incentives than … patients. Thus, targeting provider incentives through alternative payment models, such as episode-based reimbursement, is more …

responds to incentives. Our first finding, like some previous studies, lends little support to the view that incentives … data aggregated to the day. Our data allow us to look within the workday. We find that workers do respond to incentives …

develop a theory of the emergence of mandatory education laws. If parents are unable to commit to educating their children …, child labor laws can increase the welfare of altruistic parents in an ex ante sense. The theory suggests that measures that …

incentives offered by staffing agencies to hire individuals with one non-violent felony conviction. These incentives include: a …