An increasing number of workers participate in online labor markets. In contrast to traditional employment relationships within firms, the interaction between online workers and their employers are short and impersonal, which makes motivating online workers more challenging. We present results...

This paper examines the effect of imperfect labor market competition on the efficiency of compensation schemes in a setting with moral hazard, private information and risk-averse agents. Two vertically differentiated firms compete for agents by offering contracts with fixed and variable...

Flexible Löhne als Beitrag zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit Seit einigen Jahren erlebt die Bundesrepublik eine Phase hoher und anhaltender Arbeitslosigkeit. Die hohen Kosten und die sozialen Probleme werden Politik, Entscheidungsträger und Akteure am Arbeitsmarkt zu engagierten Maßnahmen...