best to structure these programs. We explore how different incentive designs affect behavior on the extensive and intensive … the likelihood of joining the gym was not strongly affected by the incentive design. Notably, front-loading incentives to … encourage initial participation was not more effective than an incentive kept constant over time. For those who were already at …

behavior. Yet the detailed study of incentive systems has traditionally been left in the hands of (organizational) economists … so on -- in essence, the social context in which economics and incentive systems are embedded. We argue that this … it difficult to change incentive structures in the face of environmental change, while the organizational literature …

With the growth of the literature on incentive compensation has come the belief by some that incentive pay may be less …