adds a fixed payment per processed order to insure workers against earnings risk. Our experiment tests predictions from a …

adds a fixed payment per processed order to insure workers against earnings risk. Our experiment tests predictions from a …

multiple tasks. We first analyze a formal model showing that incentives are lower powered when supervisors have no access to … span of control is larger and incentives are distorted towards more profitable tasks. We then investigate a field … experiment conducted in a bank. In the treatment group managers obtained access to objective performance measures which raised …

We examine the benefits of objective performance measurement in a field experiment conducted in a retail bank. At the …

We conducted a field experiment to identify the causal effects of extrinsic incentive cues on the sorting and … performance of nascent social entrepreneurs. The experiment, carried out with one of the United Kingdom's largest support agencies … randomly assigned to one of three groups: one group received a standard mailing that emphasized the intrinsic incentives of the …

Competitive bonuses are commonly used to promote higher productivity in the workplace. Yet, these types of incentives … conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in Ghana. In a between-subjects design, participants complete a real-effort task under a … measure prosociality through a public goods and a social value orientation game. Competition reduces prosociality when the …

We run a field experiment to investigate whether competing in rank-order tournaments with different prize spreads … affects individual performance. Our experiment involved students from an Italian University who took an intermediate exam in …