We study, experimentally, how two alternative incentive mechanisms affect team performance, and how a team chooses … between alternative mechanisms. We study a group incentive mechanism, where team output is shared equally among team members …, and a hierarchical mechanism team output is allocated by a team leader. Our experiment examines these mechanisms in both …

work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven …. Students were randomly matched in teams of three and in each team we randomly chose a leader with the task of coordinating the … by the higher performance of team members in female led teams rather than due to an improvement in the leader …