When two or more agents compete for a bonus and the agents' productivity in each of several possible occurrences depends stochastically on (constant) effort, the number of times that are checked to assign the bonus affects the level of un-certainty in the selection process. Uncertainty, in turn,...

As firms implement tournament bonus reward schemes, mainly the idea is to introduce competition amongst their agents in the order to promote their performance. Tournaments in which agents compete for a bonus by investing effort, are frequently applied, e.g., in development races, political...

Die Untersuchung der Bedeutung des Berufs für die soziale Ungleichheit hat eine lange Tradition. In diesem einleitenden Beitrag werden die im hier vorliegenden Sonderheft der Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie gesammelten Aufsätze in den Kontext der bisherigen...

People’s occupations are strongly related to multiple dimensions of inequality, such as inequalities in wages, health, autonomy, or risk of temporary employment. The theories and mechanisms linking occupations to these inequalities are subject to debate. We review the recent evidence on the...